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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$513$355 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$513 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,607Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $269 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $513

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
$371.54
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$1,609

$513 physician + $1,096 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.