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Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes Into The Chest

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 33955

Opens the chest so that the tubes carrying blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine can be connected directly to the heart and the great vessels beside it. Placing them centrally allows very high flows and is used when tubes in the limbs or neck cannot deliver enough support. This version covers infants and young children.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes Into The Chest cost?

$977

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $871 to $1,318.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $2,818Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,413
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $2,818professional $977

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
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Hawaii $977 · 46th of 51
CA $5,623KY $912

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.