Removing A Heart Pump Sited Outside The Body

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 33977

Takes out a mechanical pump that has been supporting one of the heart's lower chambers from outside the body, together with the tubes running through the chest wall to the heart and the main artery. The chest is opened so the tubes can be detached and the openings in the heart and vessel closed. It is done once the heart has recovered enough or when the support is being changed to another plan.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$9,151

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,151 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

19% physician fee81% 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	$1,738	$1,230 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$7,413	$2,818 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $3,631

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 $1,230.27 Median $4,265.80 Typical High $12,302.69	Facility	Global	$1,230.27	$4,265.80	$12,302.69
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 $1,122.02 Median $3,090.30 Typical High $10,000.00	Facility	Global	$1,122.02	$3,090.30	$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 13.6 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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CO $25,679MD $1,891

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.