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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

Arkansas 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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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?

$796

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$275 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$417 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,995Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $224 to $479
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $295

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
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
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 49th of 51

$796

$295 physician + $501 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.