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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Kentucky 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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart cost?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,890$3,311 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$603 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $380 to $9,550Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $4,898
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $3,890

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
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 7.1 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.

Kentucky· 21st of 51

$3,890

AK $10,471AR $1,479

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.