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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

Rhode Island 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 physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,318 to $2,630.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,244Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,236
$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,631professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island $2,630 · 34th 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.