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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Oklahoma 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 4 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$2,570 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,349 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 49th of 51

$2,884

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.