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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

Texas 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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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 July 2026.

How much does Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula cost?

$2,951

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $977 to $4,677.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $251 to $8,913
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Texas· 23rd of 49

$2,951

CA $10,000ND $229

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.