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Takedown Of Prior Heart-To-Lung Artery Shunt

West 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 4 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$324$295 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$295 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,413Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $295 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $324

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$316

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.