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Insertion Of ECMO Tubes Through The Skin

Virginia rates for HCPCS 33952

Places the large tubes that carry blood to and from an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, known as ECMO, into large blood vessels outside the chest using needle puncture through the skin rather than a surgical cut. ECMO takes over the work of the lungs, and in some setups the heart as well, while they recover. This version applies to older children and adults.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Insertion Of ECMO Tubes Through The Skin cost?

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $562 to $5,370.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,318Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $363 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $437

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Nebraska than in North Dakota. 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.

Virginia· 22nd of 49

$3,236

NE $8,511ND $417

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.