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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

South 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$275 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$389 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $389 to $22,909Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $275 to $646
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$389.05
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$389

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.