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Procedure price report · Extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart procedures

Chest removal of a central ECMO tube, age 6 or older

CPT 33986the billing code this page is about

Removal of heart-lung bypass tubing placed directly into the heart or great vessels, done through a chest incision, in a patient age 6 or older.

Hospitals typically charge $1,394 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 336 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,034. Most fall between $808 and $5,741 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
336
States
39
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 336 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
$420$874$1,394$3,900$14,268

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 34× what the cheapest tenth charges ($420 vs $14,268).

How the prices are spread

$296 – $452: 22 hospitals$296$452 – $690: 20 hospitals$690 – $1,053: 44 hospitals$690$1,053 – $1,608: 85 hospitals$1,608 – $2,453: 27 hospitals$1,608$2,453 – $3,744: 36 hospitals$3,744 – $5,714: 21 hospitals$3,744$5,714 – $8,719: 27 hospitals$8,719 – $13,306: 5 hospitals$8,719$13,306 – $20,306: 32 hospitals$13,306median $1,394price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (319 of 336 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$296$45222
$452$69020
$690$1,05344
$1,053$1,60885
$1,608$2,45327
$2,453$3,74436
$3,744$5,71421
$5,714$8,71927
$8,719$13,3065
$13,306$20,30632

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,394.

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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $906 across 11 hospitalsMI$906New York: median $1,082 across 13 hospitalsNY$1,082Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,205 across 15 hospitalsOR$1,205Nevada: 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: median $1,280 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,280Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,587 across 16 hospitalsOH$2,587Pennsylvania: median $376 across 15 hospitalsPA$376New Jersey: median $4,350 across 18 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,282 across 34 hospitalsCA$1,282Utah: median $20,306 across 21 hospitalsUT$20,306Colorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 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 $1,421 across 18 hospitalsVA$1,421Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 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 $296 across 11 hospitalsTN$296North Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $848 across 15 hospitalsOK$848Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: median $3,526 across 18 hospitalsGA$3,526Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $1,394 across 39 hospitalsTX$1,394Florida: median $5,910 across 12 hospitalsFL$5,910
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,394. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT21$20,306+1357%$20,306 – $20,306
Florida FL12$5,910+324%$2,600 – $5,910
New Jersey NJ18$4,350+212%$584 – $5,741
Georgia GA18$3,526+153%$2,420 – $3,673
Ohio OH16$2,587+86%$806 – $2,975
Virginia VA18$1,421+2%$296 – $7,203
Texas TX39$1,3940%$1,164 – $2,525
California CA34$1,282−8%$1,282 – $8,154
Iowa IA14$1,280−8%$1,280 – $6,111
Oregon OR15$1,205−14%$937 – $17,180
New York NY13$1,082−22%$614 – $1,550
Michigan MI11$906−35%$731 – $1,144
Oklahoma OK15$848−39%$848 – $1,824
Pennsylvania PA15$376−73%$318 – $2,436
Tennessee TN11$296−79%$296 – $296
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $1,394.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care300$1,394$808 – $5,339
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access22$1,205$630 – $20,306
Ownership
For-profit26$1,394$906 – $4,616
Government24$1,539$584 – $5,910
Non-profit286$1,394$808 – $5,741
System affiliation
Part of a system305$1,394$832 – $5,741
Independent31$1,621$674 – $5,660

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,290
Median cash price$1,394
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

291 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,394 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,083; most fall between $848 and $5,910.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 291 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
$522$937$1,394$4,453$17,180

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 33× what the cheapest tenth charges ($522 vs $17,180).

Of the 311 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 291 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

336 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 370 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted336
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
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 — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code370

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 Rmvl of Central Cannula 6 Yrs & Older.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Chest removal of a central ECMO tube, age 6 or older (CPT 33986) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33986-chest-removal-of-a-central-ecmo-tube-age-6-or-older