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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

North Carolina 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?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 6 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$2,570$1,995 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,995 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $6,310
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,388professional $2,570

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$20,417.38

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $2,630 · 33rd 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.