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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$288 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$708 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,888Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $257 to $501
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,349professional $347

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
$288.40
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
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
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 21st of 51

$1,696

$347 physician + $1,349 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.