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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Missouri 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$457$347 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,096 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,762Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $457

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
$338.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
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
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 13th of 51

$562

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.