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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Kansas 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 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 $5,012 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 5 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$3,236$2,455 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,548 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,471Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $4,365
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $3,236

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 36th of 51

$3,236

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.