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Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

Iowa 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?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 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 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$2,692$2,042 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,890 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $10,000
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,370professional $2,692

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
$2,691.53
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$3,548

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.