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Clearing Old Clot From The Lung Arteries

Texas rates for HCPCS 33916

Open-heart surgery that strips out old, scarred clot material bonded to the inner lining of the arteries of the lungs. It is done with the heart-lung machine taking over circulation, and it treats long-standing blockage that has driven up the blood pressure in the lung circulation and strained the right side of the heart. Clearing the arteries lowers that pressure and improves breathlessness and exercise capacity.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clearing Old Clot From The Lung Arteries cost?

$8,393

Typical total for the visit. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,393 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,677 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,677$4,074 to $5,495
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,905 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $794 to $10,715Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $7,079
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $3,715professional $4,677

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,413.10
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$25,118.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$34,673.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeTexas $8,393 · 40th of 49
IN $26,854MD $5,447

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.