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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Michigan 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 Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$2,951$2,512 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,890 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $6,918Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $3,548
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $2,951

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
$3,467.37
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th 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.