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Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes Through The Skin

Rhode Island 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$513 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $447 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $550

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 36th of 51

$589

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.