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
PR ECMO/ECLS INSJ OF CENTRAL CANNULA 6 YRS & OLDER
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.6k is 42% below the median hospital's median price ($2.8k), higher than 34% of the 1,307 hospitals reporting CPT 33956. 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 | $712 | $712 | — | — | — | $712 – $712 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $726 | $726 | — | — | — | $726 – $726 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $726 | $726 | — | — | — | $726 – $726 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $748 | $748 | — | — | — | $748 – $748 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $748 | $748 | — | — | — | $748 – $748 |
| 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 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 9 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 10 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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