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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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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 July 2026.

How much does Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula cost?

$776

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $490 to $1,660.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Minnesota· 39th of 49

$776

CA $10,000ND $229

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.