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Procedure price report · Extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart procedures

ECMO cannula placed through the skin, birth to age 5

CPT 33951the billing code this page is about

Needle-and-wire placement of one or more tubes into an arm, leg, or neck vessel to connect a patient from birth through 5 years of age to an external heart-lung support machine; covers the insertion only, not the ongoing support.

Hospitals typically charge $1,047 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 258 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,747. Most fall between $594 and $5,464 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
258
States
40
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 258 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$463$683$1,047$3,821$6,453

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($463 vs $6,453).

How the prices are spread

$279 – $415: 6 hospitals$279$415 – $618: 36 hospitals$618 – $919: 38 hospitals$618$919 – $1,367: 51 hospitals$1,367 – $2,035: 18 hospitals$1,367$2,035 – $3,028: 18 hospitals$3,028 – $4,506: 19 hospitals$3,028$4,506 – $6,705: 35 hospitals$6,705 – $9,978: 5 hospitals$6,705$9,978 – $14,849: 8 hospitals$9,978median $1,047price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (234 of 258 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$279$4156
$415$61836
$618$91938
$919$1,36751
$1,367$2,03518
$2,035$3,02818
$3,028$4,50619
$4,506$6,70535
$6,705$9,9785
$9,978$14,8498

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,047.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,055 across 10 hospitalsWA$3,055Idaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $1,139 across 12 hospitalsNY$1,139Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $302 across 15 hospitalsPA$302New Jersey: median $4,881 across 14 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,047 across 32 hospitalsCA$1,047Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $771 across 23 hospitalsVA$771Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $463 across 12 hospitalsTN$463North Carolina: median $6,452 across 13 hospitalsNC$6,452South Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $683 across 10 hospitalsOK$683Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $926 across 26 hospitalsTX$926Florida: median $5,910 across 14 hospitalsFL$5,910
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,047. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
North Carolina NC13$6,452+516%$6,452 – $6,452
Florida FL14$5,910+464%$3,265 – $5,910
New Jersey NJ14$4,881+366%$3,786 – $5,855
Washington WA10$3,055+192%$753 – $3,055
New York NY12$1,139+9%$491 – $5,657
California CA32$1,0470%$1,047 – $10,425
Texas TX26$926−12%$926 – $2,139
Virginia VA23$771−26%$463 – $5,250
Oklahoma OK10$683−35%$683 – $683
Tennessee TN12$463−56%$463 – $463
Pennsylvania PA15$302−71%$256 – $2,152
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,047.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care224$1,047$594 – $5,110
Children’s24$3,055$1,031 – $19,063
Critical access10fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit13fewer than 20 hospitals
Government28$2,638$792 – $6,452
Non-profit217$1,047$594 – $4,881
System affiliation
Part of a system224$1,047$594 – $5,250
Independent34$1,523$541 – $12,403

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,976
Median cash price$1,047
Cash as a share of list, median hospital55%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 45%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

230 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,047 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,915; most fall between $683 and $5,910.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 230 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$463$753$1,047$5,250$12,403

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 27× what the cheapest tenth charges ($463 vs $12,403).

Of the 253 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 230 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

258 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 277 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted258
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code277

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ecmo/Ecls Insj of Prph Cannula Birth-5 Yrs Perq.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “ECMO cannula placed through the skin, birth to age 5 (CPT 33951) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33951-ecmo-cannula-placed-through-the-skin-birth-to-age-5