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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$3,548$1,778 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,918 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $38,019Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $10,233
$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K$50.0K$100.0Kfacility $8,511professional $3,548

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$85,113.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$48,977.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$20,417.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $3,715 · 13th 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.