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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Iowa 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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$617$447 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$617 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $490 to $6,607Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $324 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $617

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
$446.68
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$631

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.