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Daily Lung Support Machine Management

New York rates for HCPCS 33948

The medical team's day-by-day management of a patient supported by an external machine that adds oxygen to the blood and removes carbon dioxide, with blood drawn from a vein and returned to a vein. The patient's own heart continues to do the pumping. This covers one day of adjusting flows, gas settings, blood thinning and monitoring, and is charged for each day support continues.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Daily Lung Support Machine Management cost?

$3,397

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,397 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$209 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,349 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,586Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $186 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $234

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
$1,621.81
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$812.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$676.08
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62

Where New York sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

New York· 6th of 51

$3,397

$234 physician + $3,162 facility

AK $5,199MT $735

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.