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Joining The Lung Artery To The Aorta

Maine rates for HCPCS 33606

Connects the artery that normally carries blood to the lungs directly into the aorta, the body's main artery, so that a single working pumping chamber can supply the whole body. It is used in complex heart defects present from birth where the usual route out of the heart is blocked or too narrow. It is open heart surgery on a heart-lung machine, usually performed in infancy as one stage of a longer plan.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Joining The Lung Artery To The Aorta cost?

$2,570

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,089 to $2,692.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $3,236
$2K$5Kprofessional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Maine· 28th of 51

$2,570

CA $10,233WV $1,950

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.