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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

Iowa 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?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,090$2,344 to $5,370
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,890 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $7,943Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,623professional $3,090

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
$3,019.95
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$3,715

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.