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Daily Lung Support Machine Management

South Dakota 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?

$1,248

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,248 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$490$372 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$380 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,202Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $251 to $646
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 30th of 51

$1,248

$490 physician + $759 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.