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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

North Dakota 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 5 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$537$282 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$275 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $275 to $8,511Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $275 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $275professional $537

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
$275.42
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 23rd of 51

$501

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.