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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33928

Removes an implanted total artificial heart, the mechanical pump that has taken over the work of the person's own heart, and puts a new one in its place. It is open-chest surgery done when the existing device has failed or worn out, usually while the person waits for a heart transplant.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart cost?

$10,471

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,471 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10,471 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10,471$3,162 to $14,125
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$4,677 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $19,953Professionalmedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $14,125
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $12,023professional $10,471

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$20,417.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$20,417.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$10,471

CA $13,804ND $2,512

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.