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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,107

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,107 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$275 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$776 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,202Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $229 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68

Where Maine 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

Maine· 38th of 51

$1,107

$331 physician + $776 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.