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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

Texas 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 October 2026.

How much does Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,445$257 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$891 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,951
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,138professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,548.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Texas· 51st of 51

$1,514

AK $8,128TX $1,514

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.