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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Tennessee 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?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,236 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$3,236$2,692 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$2,089 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $5,495
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 43rd of 51

$3,090

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.