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Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

Georgia 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?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 5 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$2,455$2,042 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,388 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,370
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,455

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,248.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 12th of 51

$3,311

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.