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Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

Rhode Island 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?

$2,291

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $2,344.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,244Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,951
$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $2,291

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$2,291

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.