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Unifocalization of Scattered Lung Arteries

South Carolina 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 October 2026.

How much does Unifocalization of Scattered Lung Arteries cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,344$331 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$603 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,981
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $2,344

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
$3,311.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,981.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
1 more rate 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
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$2,344

AK $9,550TX $1,660

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.