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Replacement of a Heart Assist Device Pump

Oklahoma 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 July 2026.

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

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,047$977 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,023 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $1,047

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Oklahoma· 24th of 51

$1,318

CA $10,233HI $891

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.