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Balloon Heart Pump Placed Through The Aorta

Idaho rates for HCPCS 33973

Placement of a balloon pump inside the main artery leaving the heart to support a failing heart. The balloon inflates and deflates in time with the heartbeat, easing the heart's workload and improving blood flow to the heart muscle. In this version it is inserted directly into the ascending aorta through an opening in the chest, rather than being threaded up from a vessel in the groin.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Heart Pump Placed Through The Aorta cost?

$2,658

Typical total for the visit. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$617 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$933 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,495Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,479
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,950professional $708

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 10.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIdaho $2,658 · 36th of 49
IN $11,291WV $1,114

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.