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Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes By Open Exposure

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33953

Places the tubes that carry blood out to an external heart-lung support machine and back again, with an incision made to expose the blood vessel so the tube can be inserted under direct view and the vessel repaired around it. The machine then takes over the work of the heart and lungs while they recover. This version covers infants and young children.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes By Open Exposure cost?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$1,660$759 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $550 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $1,660

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
$1,412.54
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.8 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$1,622

CA $5,129KY $525

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.