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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

South Dakota 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?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 7 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$3,631$2,042 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,138 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,129Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $5,370
$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,951professional $3,631

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
$1,995.26
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$20,417.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota $3,548 · 16th 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.