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Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$3,162$1,585 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,918 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $25,119Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,120
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $3,162

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$52,480.75
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$23,442.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 11th 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.