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Total Artificial Heart Implantation

Maine rates for HCPCS 33927

Replaces the failing pumping chambers of the heart with a mechanical total replacement heart system. The diseased chambers are removed through open-chest surgery and the device takes over pushing blood to the lungs and the rest of the body. It is used for people in severe heart failure, most often to keep them alive while they wait for a donor heart.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Total Artificial Heart Implantation cost?

$3,548

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $3,802.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $4,467
$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kprofessional $3,548

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in California than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Maine $3,548 · 24th of 51
CA $13,183AR $2,570

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.