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Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

South Dakota 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$3,020$1,820 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$2,239 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,467Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $4,786
$2K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $3,020

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
$1,737.80
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$23,442.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 19th of 51

$3,020

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.