Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
ECMO/ECLS INSJ CTR CANNULA
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.6k is 48% below the median hospital's median price ($3.1k), higher than 31% of the 1,248 hospitals reporting CPT 33955. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $704 | $704 | — | — | — | $704 – $704 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $718 | $718 | — | — | — | $718 – $718 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $718 | $718 | — | — | — | $718 – $718 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $740 | $740 | — | — | — | $740 – $740 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $740 | $740 | — | — | — | $740 – $740 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 8 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 9 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 10 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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