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Repositioning A Heart-Lung Support Tube

Iowa rates for HCPCS 33959

Moves a tube already in place for external heart-lung support back into the correct position when it has shifted and blood is no longer flowing through it properly. Position is checked with imaging while the tube is adjusted. This version covers infants and young children.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repositioning A Heart-Lung Support Tube cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$363 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$501 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $363 to $6,607Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $263 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $513

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
$363.08
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$525

WI $1,000NY $251

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.