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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$5,754

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,802 to $7,943.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $1,096

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 8th of 49

$5,754

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.