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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,834

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,834 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$355$302 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$617 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,623Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $257 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $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
$281.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
5 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
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 17th of 51

$1,834

$355 physician + $1,479 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.