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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Indiana 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?

$4,586

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$417$347 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,072 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $537 to $9,550Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $275 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $417

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
$346.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
5 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 3rd of 51

$4,586

$417 physician + $4,169 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.