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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Utah 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$437$389 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$661 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $437 to $6,026Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $437

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
$436.52
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 30th of 51

$447

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.