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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,195

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,195 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$234 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$525 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $347 to $8,511Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $209 to $562
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $871professional $324

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
$323.59
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
6 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
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$1,195

$324 physician + $871 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.