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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$3,402

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,402 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$204 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,349 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,586Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $191 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $240

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
$1,621.81
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$794.33
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$691.83
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
5 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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62

Where New York 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 York· 7th of 51

$3,402

$240 physician + $3,162 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.