go back

Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

Minnesota 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?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 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 6 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$3,981$3,090 to $5,495
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,802 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $13,490Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $6,607
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $3,981

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
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,762.47
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$4,074

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.