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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,802 to $13,490.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $407 to $19,953Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $407 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $537

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$33,884.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 49

$8,511

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.