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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

South 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$479$282 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$380 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $275 to $4,365Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $263 to $741
$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $479

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
$275.42
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 25th of 51

$479

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.