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Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes Through The Skin

Montana rates for HCPCS 33951

Places the tubes that carry blood out to an external heart-lung support machine and back again, entering a large blood vessel outside the chest through the skin rather than by surgically opening it. The machine takes over the work of the heart and lungs when they cannot manage on their own. This version covers infants and young children.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes Through The Skin cost?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $676 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$427 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$661 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $631 to $832Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $79 to $759
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $676professional $603

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Montana· 26th of 51

$646

WI $1,738KY $427

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.