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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,660 to $5,129.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,079Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $288

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
$389.05
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 19th of 49

$3,548

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.