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Vein-To-Lung Artery Shunt, Both Lungs

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 33767

Heart surgery in a child with a complex heart defect that connects the large vein returning blood from the head and arms directly to the arteries of the lungs. Blood from the upper body then flows to both lungs to pick up oxygen without first passing through the pumping chamber. It is usually one step in a planned series of operations for a heart that has only one effective pumping chamber.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vein-To-Lung Artery Shunt, Both Lungs cost?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$2,455$1,479 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,905 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,802
$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $2,455

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
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$16,595.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$1,445.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 6.6 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.

South Dakota· 19th of 51

$2,455

CA $10,233WV $1,549

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.