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Placing Tubes For A Heart-Lung Support Machine

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 36822

Surgical placement of the large tubes that connect a patient to a machine which takes over the work of the heart and lungs, circulating blood outside the body and adding oxygen to it. One tube is placed into an artery and another into a vein.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing Tubes For A Heart-Lung Support Machine cost?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $871 from a hospital or other facility.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$977$776 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$661 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,514Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,514
$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 141.3 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 27

$933

CA $4,266SC $30.20

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.