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Total Artificial Heart Implantation

Rhode Island 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 October 2026.

How much does Total Artificial Heart Implantation cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,236$2,818 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $5,248
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $3,236

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$3,236

AK $10,000AR $1,738

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.