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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,744

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$331$257 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$575 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $490 to $251,189Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $234 to $468
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,413professional $331

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
$257.04
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$125,892.54
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 19th of 51

$1,744

$331 physician + $1,413 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.