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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33966

Taking out a large tube that has been carrying blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through. Pressure or a closure device is used to seal the vessel afterwards. No surgical opening of the vessel is required.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula cost?

$5,199

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,199 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$427 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,288 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $692 to $251,189Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,318
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.3 times more in Alaska 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$5,199

$933 physician + $4,266 facility

AK $5,199MT $710

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.