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Needle Removal Of A Life Support Cannula

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blood to and from an external heart-lung support machine, where the tube sits in a vessel in the neck or groin and is withdrawn through the skin puncture it was placed through.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

$3,290

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,290 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$339$263 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$372 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $372 to $13,804Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $214 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $339

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
$371.54
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$724.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$3,290

$339 physician + $2,951 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.