go back

Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Nebraska 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 7 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$501$257 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,761 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $513 to $25,119Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,413
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $501

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$14,791.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 20th of 51

$513

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.