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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$825

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$288$234 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$316 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $240 to $8,318Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $200 to $417
$100$1K$10Kfacility $537professional $288

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
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
6 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
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$825

$288 physician + $537 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.