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Placing Heart-Lung Support Tubes Into The Chest

Maine 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?

$1,148

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $1,230.

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

Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,479
$1.0K$2.0Kprofessional $1,148

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Maine 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.

Maine $1,148 · 35th 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.