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Removing An Implanted Heart Pump

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 33980

Takes out a mechanical pump that was implanted inside the chest to support one of the heart's lower chambers, along with its connections to the heart and the main artery. The chest is opened, usually with a heart-lung machine taking over the circulation while the pump is detached and the openings are closed. It is done when the heart has recovered, at the time of a transplant, or when the device has to come out.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removing An Implanted Heart Pump cost?

$4,910

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,910 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,090$2,188 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $5,623
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,820professional $3,090

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Alabama 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

New Mexico· 25th of 51

$4,910

$3,090 physician + $1,820 facility

AL $20,182MD $2,604

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.