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Replacement of a Heart Assist Device Pump

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 33981

Replacement of the pump unit of a mechanical device that helps a failing heart move blood around the body. The pump can be exchanged for a new one when it wears out or malfunctions, without replacing the whole system. The patient is supported by the team throughout the exchange.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacement of a Heart Assist Device Pump cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $851 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,413$912 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$575 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,455
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $851professional $1,413

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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$1,349

AK $3,236NY $871

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.