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Removal Of A Chest Life Support Cannula

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 33986

Taking out a large support tube that was placed directly into the heart or the great vessels through an opening in the chest, used to connect a patient to an external heart-lung support machine. The chest is opened again so the tube can be withdrawn and the heart or vessel wall repaired and closed. It is done in an operating room under general anesthesia.

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$617

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $603 to $871.

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 $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,818Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $501 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $617

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
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$616.60

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Hawaii· 44th of 51

$617

AK $2,089NY $550

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.