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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Louisiana 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?

$2,291

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $933 to $3,467.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,365
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $2,291

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 33.1 times more in California than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $2,291 · 26th of 49
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.