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Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes By Open Exposure

Utah 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 October 2026.

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

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$575 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$759 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $575 to $13,804Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $692

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
$758.58
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 4.0 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.

Utah· 17th of 51

$759

WI $1,905KY $479

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.