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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Nebraska 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?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$2,818$2,344 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$7,943 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $25,119Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $5,012
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $2,818

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$66,069.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$3,802

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.