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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Oregon 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?

$575

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $550 to $631.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,129Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $575professional $631

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
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 43rd of 49

$575

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.