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Removing An Implanted Heart Pump

South Dakota 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?

$4,918

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,918 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,715$2,884 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,365Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $3,715

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
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,677.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 24th of 51

$4,918

$3,715 physician + $1,202 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.