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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33924

Tying off and taking down a shunt, an artificial connection made at an earlier operation between a body artery and a lung artery to boost blood flow to the lungs. It is done during a later heart operation once the shunt is no longer needed, and is billed in addition to that operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 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$501$324 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $19,953Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $275 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $501

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
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
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
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 22.9 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$501

CA $7,244WV $316

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.