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Heart Transplant

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 33945

Replaces a failing heart with a donor heart. The chest is opened through the breastbone, a heart-lung machine takes over the circulation, the diseased heart is removed, and the donor heart is sewn into place. It is done for severe heart failure that no longer responds to medicines or other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Transplant cost?

$8,128

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,128 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,457 to $9,333.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $12,023Professionalmedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $5,754 to $9,772
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $8,128

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
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,302.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 30.9 times more in Indiana than in Wyoming. 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.

South Dakota· 16th of 49

$8,128

IN $39,811WY $1,288

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.