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Removing A Heart Pump Sited Outside The Body

Idaho 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?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,042 to $4,571.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,166
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 30.9 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Idaho· 21st of 49

$4,266

IN $33,884ND $1,096

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.