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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$3,937

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,937 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$324 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,148 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,943Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $229 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $389

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
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
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$3,937

$389 physician + $3,548 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.