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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$2,639

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,639 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$204 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$550 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $398 to $24,547Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $166 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $240

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
$645.65
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
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
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18

Where Florida 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

Florida· 11th of 51

$2,639

$240 physician + $2,399 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.