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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,123

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,123 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$447$380 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$229 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,344Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $245 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 37th of 51

$1,123

$447 physician + $676 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.