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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 October 2026.

How much does Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support cost?

$1,178

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,178 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$417 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$501 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $363 to $7,943Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $331 to $912
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $603professional $575

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 42nd of 51

$1,178

$575 physician + $603 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.