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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

Arizona 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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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 July 2026.

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

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,042 to $4,898.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,918
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,715

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Arizona· 17th of 49

$3,715

CA $10,000ND $229

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.