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Starting Vein-To-Vein ECMO Life Support

Utah 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?

$3,398

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,398 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$380 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$479 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $479 to $13,804Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $447

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
$478.63
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$3,398

$447 physician + $2,951 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.