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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Colorado 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $11,482 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$331 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,482$2,692 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $851 to $20,417Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $295 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $398

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$24,547.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
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
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$759

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.