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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$710

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $710 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$240 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$372 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $363 to $813Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $79 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $339

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$710

$339 physician + $372 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.