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Starting ECMO Support For The Heart And Lungs

Wisconsin 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 October 2026.

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

$4,168

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,168 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$550 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,175 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,455
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,148

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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,791.08
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,089.30
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Alaska than in Arkansas. 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

Wisconsin· 4th of 51

$4,168

$1,148 physician + $3,020 facility

AK $5,615AR $928

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.