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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Montana 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 Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$288 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$437 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $417 to $631Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $79 to $501
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $407

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 32nd 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.