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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,074

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,074 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$324 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$437 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,622Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $263 to $708
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $676professional $398

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
8 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 41st of 51

$1,074

$398 physician + $676 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.