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Removal Of A Heart Vent Tube After Life Support

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 33989

Removal, through an incision in the chest, of a vent tube that had been placed into the left side of the heart to relieve pressure there while an external machine took over the work of the heart and lungs. The point where the tube entered the heart is repaired and closed. It is a separate operation from the one that placed the tube.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Heart Vent Tube After Life Support cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$661$479 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$661 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $661 to $22,909Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,096
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $661

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$661

CA $7,413KY $537

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.