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Removing An Implanted Heart Pump

Utah 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?

$7,557

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$3,090$2,344 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,951 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $575 to $13,804Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,495
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$7,557

$3,090 physician + $4,467 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.