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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$1,767

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,767 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$269 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$676 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $355

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
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
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.02

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$1,767

$355 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.