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Removal Of Heart-Lung Support Cannula

Vermont 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?

$245

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $257.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $245 to $316
$200$500professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$758.58

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 43rd of 51

$245

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.