Placing A Heart Pump Sited Outside The Body

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 33975

Connects a mechanical pump that sits outside the body to one of the heart's lower chambers, using tubes passed through the chest wall to draw blood from the heart and return it to the main artery. The chest is opened to attach the tubes, usually with a heart-lung machine supporting the circulation during the operation. It supports a severely failing heart while it recovers or while longer-term plans are made.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing A Heart Pump Sited Outside The Body cost?

$9,581

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,581 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

21% physician fee79% facility fee

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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,995	$1,380 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$7,586	$2,884 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,266

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,288.25 Median $4,365.16 Typical High $12,589.25	Facility	Global	$1,288.25	$4,365.16	$12,589.25
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $4,786.30 Median $13,489.63 Typical High $28,840.32	Facility	Global	$4,786.30	$13,489.63	$28,840.32
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,288.25 Median $3,311.31 Typical High $10,000.00	Facility	Global	$1,288.25	$3,311.31	$10,000.00
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $891.25 Median $3,090.30 Typical High $9,772.37	Facility	Global	$891.25	$3,090.30	$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 12.8 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

CO $26,516MD $2,073

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.