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Total Artificial Heart Implantation

Wisconsin 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?

$8,710

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,710 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,511 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8,511$4,074 to $13,490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$2,692 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $832 to $22,387Professionalmedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $17,783
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $9,550professional $8,511

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
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$30,902.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,882.50
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,791.08
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,370.32
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$13,489.63
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$8,710

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.