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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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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 October 2026.

How much does Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula cost?

$3,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$490$389 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$603 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $490 to $19,498Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $282 to $646
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $490

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
$218.78
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$3,441

$490 physician + $2,951 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.