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Removing An External Pump For Both Heart Chambers

Maryland rates for HCPCS 33978

Takes out a mechanical pump sitting outside the body that has been supporting both the right and left pumping chambers of the heart, along with the tubes connecting it to the heart. It is done once the heart has recovered enough to work on its own, or at the time of a heart transplant. It is open chest surgery under general anesthesia with intensive care afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$1,585

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $1,622.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $661 to $661Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $1,585

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$1,585

CA $10,233WV $1,445

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.