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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,931

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,931 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$309$263 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$490 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,310Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $224 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $309

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 15th of 51

$1,931

$309 physician + $1,622 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.