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Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart

Wisconsin 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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement of a Total Artificial Heart cost?

$8,913

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,511 from a physician practice, and about $10,965 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8,511$4,571 to $13,490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,965$2,692 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $794 to $22,387Professionalmedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $19,953
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $10,965professional $8,511

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$23,442.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Alaska than in Arkansas. 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.

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$8,913

AK $10,471AR $1,479

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.