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Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 33608

Open-heart surgery for a complex heart defect present from birth. A tube, or conduit, is built or replaced to carry blood from a pumping chamber of the heart to the artery that supplies the lungs, giving blood a proper route to pick up oxygen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery cost?

$2,239

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 to $5,129.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $19,953Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $2,239

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

Washington, DC· 38th of 51

$2,239

CA $12,589MS $1,995

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.