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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33946

Covers the physician work of setting up and starting an external machine that draws blood from a vein, adds oxygen and removes carbon dioxide, then returns the blood to a vein. This form supports failing lungs while the patient's own heart continues to do the pumping. It covers getting the support running, not the day-to-day management afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support cost?

$5,496

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$537 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,698 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $692 to $251,189Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,738
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$5,496

$1,230 physician + $4,266 facility

AK $5,496MD $901

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.