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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,394

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$562$347 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$490 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $282 to $7,244Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $269 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $832professional $562

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
11 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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$1,394

$562 physician + $832 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.