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Adjusting A Heart-Lung Support Cannula

Maryland rates for HCPCS 33963

Surgery on the large tubing that links a patient to a machine performing the work of the heart and lungs, moving the tube so blood flows properly between the patient and the machine. Poor tube position limits how much support the machine can give, and correcting it restores full flow. The patient stays on support while the adjustment is made.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Adjusting A Heart-Lung Support Cannula cost?

$525

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $692.

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 $562 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,380Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $447 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.9 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$525

WI $1,905NY $490

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.