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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

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

$4,902

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,902 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$275 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,692 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,913Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $251 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $331

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
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
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$4,902

$331 physician + $4,571 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.