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Procedure price report · Extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart procedures

Surgically placing ECMO tubes in a vessel, age 6 and older

CPT 33954the billing code this page is about

Insertion of heart-lung bypass (ECMO) cannulas into an arm, leg, or neck blood vessel through a surgical incision in a patient age 6 or older.

Hospitals typically charge $1,979 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 415 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,288. Most fall between $794 and $5,890 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
415
States
43
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 415 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
$472$904$1,979$4,756$9,016

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($472 vs $9,016).

How the prices are spread

$397 – $583: 33 hospitals$397$583 – $855: 44 hospitals$855 – $1,255: 71 hospitals$855$1,255 – $1,843: 34 hospitals$1,843 – $2,706: 65 hospitals$1,843$2,706 – $3,972: 23 hospitals$3,972 – $5,831: 37 hospitals$3,972$5,831 – $8,560: 46 hospitals$8,560 – $12,566: 10 hospitals$8,560$12,566 – $18,447: 12 hospitals$12,566median $1,979price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (375 of 415 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$397$58333
$583$85544
$855$1,25571
$1,255$1,84334
$1,843$2,70665
$2,706$3,97223
$3,972$5,83137
$5,831$8,56046
$8,560$12,56610
$12,566$18,44712

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,979.

Alaska: 1 hospital 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,667 across 14 hospitalsWA$2,667Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,176 across 10 hospitalsMN$3,176Illinois: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: median $2,633 across 31 hospitalsWI$2,633Michigan: median $917 across 18 hospitalsMI$917New York: median $887 across 17 hospitalsNY$887Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $16,981 across 11 hospitalsOR$16,981Nevada: 6 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: median $1,187 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,187Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,319 across 10 hospitalsOH$1,319Pennsylvania: median $341 across 16 hospitalsPA$341New Jersey: median $4,881 across 15 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,176 across 46 hospitalsCA$1,176Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,518 across 18 hospitalsVA$1,518Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $463 across 13 hospitalsTN$463North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $771 across 15 hospitalsOK$771Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $8,167 across 17 hospitalsGA$8,167Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $1,314 across 47 hospitalsTX$1,314Florida: median $5,910 across 21 hospitalsFL$5,910
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,979. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR11$16,981+758%$850 – $17,775
Georgia GA17$8,167+313%$2,420 – $8,167
Florida FL21$5,910+199%$2,369 – $69,479
New Jersey NJ15$4,881+147%$3,786 – $5,741
Minnesota MN10$3,176+60%$1,099 – $3,181
Washington WA14$2,667+35%$2,256 – $4,756
Wisconsin WI31$2,633+33%$2,012 – $4,255
Virginia VA18$1,518−23%$463 – $5,250
Ohio OH10$1,319−33%$448 – $2,360
Texas TX47$1,314−34%$1,000 – $6,123
Iowa IA15$1,187−40%$1,166 – $6,111
California CA46$1,176−41%$1,176 – $21,308
Michigan MI18$917−54%$659 – $1,979
New York NY17$887−55%$766 – $1,599
Oklahoma OK15$771−61%$771 – $5,890
Tennessee TN13$463−77%$463 – $542
Pennsylvania PA16$341−83%$288 – $2,495
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $1,979.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care368$1,747$794 – $5,910
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access34$2,012$763 – $2,646
Ownership
For-profit30$1,636$771 – $7,806
Government34$1,970$763 – $5,910
Non-profit350$1,979$794 – $5,836
System affiliation
Part of a system366$2,012$794 – $5,890
Independent49$1,513$766 – $6,095

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,087
Median cash price$1,979
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

355 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,636 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,221; most fall between $794 and $5,910.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 355 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
$486$919$1,636$4,756$9,016

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($486 vs $9,016).

Of the 382 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 355 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

415 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 459 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted415
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here29
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 — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code459

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 6 Yrs&Older Open.

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, “Surgically placing ECMO tubes in a vessel, age 6 and older (CPT 33954) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33954-surgically-placing-ecmo-tubes-in-a-vessel-age-6-and-older