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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,106

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,106 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$490$389 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$380 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,905Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $891
$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $490

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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 39th of 51

$1,106

$490 physician + $617 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.