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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Texas 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 October 2026.

How much does Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$224 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$589 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,918Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $41 to $14,791
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$14,791.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. 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.

Texas· 47th of 51

$347

WI $1,175NY $302

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.