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Placing A Heart Pump Sited Outside The Body

Louisiana 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?

$2,512

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,202 to $3,467.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $2,512

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 26.9 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $2,512 · 34th of 49
IN $33,884ND $1,259

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.