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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Pennsylvania 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 9 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$316$302 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,585 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $275 to $589
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $316

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
$537.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$339

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.