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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$762

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $762 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$355$263 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$269 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $174 to $3,548Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,549
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $407professional $355

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 50th of 51

$762

$355 physician + $407 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.