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Placing An External Pump For Both Heart Chambers

South Dakota 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 July 2026.

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

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,754$1,585 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,950 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,169
$2K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $2,754

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$19,054.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

South Dakota· 16th of 51

$2,754

CA $10,233VT $1,479

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.