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Repositioning A Heart-Lung Support Tube

Kansas 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 July 2026.

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

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$288 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,122 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $389 to $9,120Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $240 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $288

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 36.3 times more in California than in Montana. 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.

Kansas· 28th of 51

$389

CA $9,550MT $263

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.