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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Connecticut 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$468$398 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,096 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $661 to $16,982Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $275 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $468

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
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
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 18th of 51

$501

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.