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Unifocalization of Scattered Lung Arteries

Iowa rates for HCPCS 33926

Open chest surgery for a child whose lung arteries never formed as one connected system, so different parts of the lungs are fed by separate scattered vessels. The surgeon gathers those vessels and joins them into a single pulmonary artery, so blood reaches the whole of both lungs through one pathway. It is a long and complex operation, often one of several staged procedures.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unifocalization of Scattered Lung Arteries cost?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$3,631$2,884 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$4,266 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $7,943Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $13,183
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,026professional $3,631

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
$3,548.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,309.57
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.3 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$4,677

CA $8,710WV $2,630

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.