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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,264

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,264 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$295 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$891 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,951Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $331

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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
10 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
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 31st of 51

$1,264

$331 physician + $933 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.