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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Kentucky 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$288 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$363 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $269 to $8,511Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $240 to $562
$100$1K$10Kfacility $562professional $347

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
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
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
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$363

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.