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Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes Through The Skin

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$417 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$575 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $575 to $22,909Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,148
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in California 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$575

CA $5,623KY $468

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.