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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 October 2026.

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

$977

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $933 to $1,349.

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 $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,818Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$977.24

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska 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.

Hawaii· 43rd of 51

$977

AK $3,236KY $759

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.