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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Minnesota 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$589$468 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$447 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,995Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $589

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
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$34.67

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$589

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.