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Removal Of A Chest Life Support Cannula

Virginia 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 The chest is opened again so the tube can be withdrawn and the heart or vessel wall repaired and closed.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 July 2026.

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

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $692 to $5,370.

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 $3,236 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,913Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $537

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
$588.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 20.4 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.

Virginia· 22nd of 49

$3,236

CA $10,233ND $501

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.