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Balloon Heart Pump Placed Through The Aorta

West Virginia 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 October 2026.

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

$1,419

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$525 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$562 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $35 to $871Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,549
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $759

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$1,419

$759 physician + $661 facility

AL $17,674MD $1,138

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.