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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Rhode Island 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?

$363

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $417.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,244Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $186 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $363

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 43rd of 51

$363

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.