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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

Virginia 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 8 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$347$324 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$380 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $324 to $10,965Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $269 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $347

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
$323.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$380

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.