go back

Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$10,000

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,761 to $13,804.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $17,783Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $162 to $525
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,471professional $240

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
$2,818.38
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California 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.

California· 1st of 49

$10,000

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.