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Removing A Heart-Lung Support Tube From The Chest

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33985

Takes out a tube that was connected directly to the heart or one of the great vessels beside it for external heart-lung support, once the machine is no longer needed. The chest is opened so the connection can be closed and the vessel repaired under direct view. It is done when the heart and lungs have recovered enough to work on their own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing A Heart-Lung Support Tube From The Chest cost?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,820$851 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$631 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $603 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $631 to $3,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $1,820

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,981.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$1,820

CA $7,244WV $589

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.