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Placing An External Pump For Both Heart Chambers

Washington 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,239$1,738 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$708 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,162Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $955professional $2,239

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
$1,949.84
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$27,542.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$9,549.93
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,162.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,786.30
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 25th of 51

$2,138

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.