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Heart Conduit to the Lung Artery

Virginia 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 negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 8 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$2,239$2,042 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,239 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $13,804Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $3,890
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $2,239

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,548.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th 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.