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Removing an Artificial Heart at Transplant Surgery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33929

Covers taking out an implanted total artificial heart at the time a donor heart is transplanted. The artificial pump and its connections are separated from the blood vessels so the donor heart can be sewn in. It is billed in addition to the transplant operation itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing an Artificial Heart at Transplant Surgery cost?

$7,244

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,244 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,244 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 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$7,244$2,188 to $9,120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$2,239 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $13,183Professionalmedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $9,120
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $7,244

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$13,182.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$13,182.57
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$7,244

CA $13,490HI $1,318

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.