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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $603 to $6,761.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,943Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $661

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 33.1 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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· 20th of 49

$3,388

CA $10,000ND $302

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.