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Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes By Open Exposure

Washington, DC 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?

$1,047

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $575 to $3,090.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,762Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 7th of 51

$1,047

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.