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Placing Tubes For A Heart-Lung Support Machine

Wisconsin 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 July 2026.

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

$933

Typical physician fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $1,413.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,905Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,631
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $724

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 263.0 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.

Wisconsin· 11th of 26

$933

CA $7,943SC $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.