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Open-Heart Division Of The Lung Artery

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,950$1,778 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$603 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $1,950

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,677.35
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Georgia· 31st of 51

$1,905

AK $5,495TX $1,023

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.