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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt cost?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$295 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$427 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $275 to $7,586Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $275 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 22.9 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$417

CA $7,244WV $316

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.