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Placing An External Pump For Both Heart Chambers

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 33976

Places a mechanical pump that sits outside the body and takes over the work of both the right and left pumping chambers of the heart. Tubes run from the heart through the chest wall to the pump, which drives blood to the lungs and to the rest of the body. It is used when the heart is failing badly and needs support while it recovers or while a patient waits for a transplant.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing An External Pump For Both Heart Chambers cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,311$2,344 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$676 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $77,625Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,467
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,236professional $3,311

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$77,624.71
Typical High
$158,489.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$19,054.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$3,311

AK $6,166DE $1,318

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.