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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 33505

Open-heart surgery to correct a coronary artery that comes off the wrong vessel, so the heart muscle is supplied with blood that carries too little oxygen. The surgeon builds a tunnel inside the lung artery that channels oxygen-rich blood from the aorta across into the misplaced coronary artery. It is carried out with a heart-lung machine, usually in infancy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $513 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,512$2,188 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$427 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,089Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,074
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $2,512

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,265.80
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arkansas· 50th of 51

$1,738

AK $8,128TX $1,514

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.