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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Minnesota 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?

$1,000

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 to $2,188.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,754
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,000

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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $1,000 · 39th 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.