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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

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

$2,512

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,344 to $4,074.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $7,762Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,571
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,512professional $2,512

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,760.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington, DC $2,512 · 39th of 51
CA $13,183KY $2,291

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.