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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Massachusetts 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$437$316 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$324 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $234 to $3,548Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $257 to $14,791
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $537professional $437

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
$831.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
6 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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 33rd of 51

$437

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.