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Removal Of Heart-Lung Support Cannula

Michigan rates for HCPCS 33965

Removal of the tube that connected a patient to a machine taking over the work of the heart and lungs, known as ECMO. It is done once the patient no longer needs that support, and the blood vessel where the tube sat is closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Heart-Lung Support Cannula cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$245$204 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,570 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $245 to $6,918Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $182 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $245

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
$245.47
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 33.9 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Michigan· 38th of 51

$251

CA $7,079WV $209

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.