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Removal Of A Chest Life Support Cannula

South Dakota 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 The chest is opened again so the tube can be withdrawn and the heart or vessel wall repaired and closed.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?

$1,860

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,860 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$1,047$776 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$759 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,318Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,380
$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $1,047

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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

South Dakota· 29th of 51

$1,860

$1,047 physician + $813 facility

AK $6,355MD $1,125

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.