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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Florida 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$282$229 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$676 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $407 to $25,119Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $200 to $525
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $282

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
$645.65
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
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
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 27th of 51

$447

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.