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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

South 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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$2,818$1,995 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$2,818 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,467
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $5,495professional $2,818

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
$2,818.38
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where South 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.

South Carolina $2,818 · 28th 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.