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Open-Heart Division Of The Lung Artery

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33922

Heart surgery in which the main artery carrying blood from the heart to the lungs is divided, with a heart-lung machine taking over the circulation during the operation. It is a step in correcting certain heart defects present from birth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open-Heart Division Of The Lung Artery cost?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, 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 $3,715 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 4 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$1,585 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,090
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,715professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $2,455 · 18th of 51
CA $8,511WV $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.