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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Idaho 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?

$1,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$427 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$537 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,778Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $339 to $933
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $676professional $525

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
2 more rates 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 40th of 51

$1,201

$525 physician + $676 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.