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Daily Care On A Heart-Lung Support Machine

California rates for HCPCS 33961

Covers a physician's management of a critically ill patient whose blood is being pumped and given oxygen by a machine outside the body, taking over the work of the heart and lungs. This is for a continuing day of that support rather than the day it was started.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Daily Care On A Heart-Lung Support Machine cost?

$1,148

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $7,079.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $56 to $2,239Professionalmedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $7,079
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $794professional $7,079

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$2,290.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where California sits

The same service costs 35.5 times more in Massachusetts than in Illinois. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $1,148 · 14th of 31
MA $7,079IL $200

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.