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Implanting A Heart Pump Inside The Body

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 33979

Places a mechanical pump inside the chest to help one of the heart's lower chambers push blood out to the body, with a thin cable passing through the skin to a controller and batteries worn outside. The chest is opened and a heart-lung machine takes over the circulation while the pump is attached to the heart and the main artery. It supports people with severe heart failure, either long term or while they wait for a transplant.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanting A Heart Pump Inside The Body cost?

$2,399

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,995 to $2,951.

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 $2,138 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,310Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $2,399

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Arkansas. 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, DC· 34th of 51

$2,399

AK $7,762AR $1,698

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.