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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,226

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$468$355 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$372 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,202Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $245 to $631
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 33rd of 51

$1,226

$468 physician + $759 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.