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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Michigan 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$398$355 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$776 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,188Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $275 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $398

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
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
10 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
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 38th of 51

$398

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.