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Transposed Heart Artery Repair With Band Removal

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 33779

Open-heart surgery in a child born with the two main arteries leaving the heart attached to the wrong pumping chambers. The circulation is corrected so oxygen-rich blood reaches the body, and a band placed earlier around the lung artery to limit blood flow is taken off during the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Transposed Heart Artery Repair With Band Removal cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$3,981$2,344 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,818 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,754Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $6,166
$2K$5Kfacility $3,802professional $3,981

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
$2,238.72
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$26,302.68
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.1 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· 16th of 51

$3,981

CA $13,183MS $2,570

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.