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Repair of a Lung Vein Draining Into the Wrong Place

Maryland rates for HCPCS 33724

Open-heart surgery for a difference present from birth in which a vein carrying oxygen-rich blood back from a lung empties into the wrong side of the heart. The misrouted vein is redirected so that blood returning from the lungs reaches the left side of the heart as it should.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair of a Lung Vein Draining Into the Wrong Place cost?

$1,820

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $1,905.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $661 to $661Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $1,820

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$1,820

CA $10,233WV $1,698

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.