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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Arizona 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 October 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$309$288 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$724 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $138 to $5,129Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $14,791
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $309

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
5 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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$31.62

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. 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.

Arizona· 16th of 51

$525

WI $1,175NY $302

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.