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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Minnesota 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?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$3,311$2,884 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$2,754 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $5,129Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $3,311

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
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 31st of 51

$3,311

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.