Starting ECMO Support For The Heart And Lungs

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 33947

Starts extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, known as ECMO, in the setup where blood is drawn from a vein, passed through a machine that adds oxygen and removes carbon dioxide, and returned into an artery. Because it is returned into the arterial side under pressure, the machine takes over pumping work as well as the work of the lungs. It covers the physician work of getting the circuit running and stable.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Starting ECMO Support For The Heart And Lungs cost?

$5,549

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

10% physician fee90% facility fee

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 49 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$537	$355 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$5,012	$1,820 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $562 to $14,125Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,259

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $457.09 Median $4,365.16 Typical High $12,302.69	Facility	Global	$457.09	$4,365.16	$12,302.69
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,089.30 Median $7,762.47 Typical High $16,218.10	Facility	Global	$2,089.30	$7,762.47	$16,218.10
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $549.54 Median $977.24 Typical High $3,090.30	Facility	Global	$549.54	$977.24	$3,090.30
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $758.58 Median $3,090.30 Typical High $9,772.37	Facility	Global	$758.58	$3,090.30	$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 10.5 times more in California 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

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CA $10,810MD $1,032

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.