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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

Georgia rates for HCPCS 33982

Exchange of the pump of an implanted heart-assist device for a new one. These devices are mechanical pumps placed inside the chest to help a weakened heart push blood around the body, and the pump itself is replaced if it wears out, clots or malfunctions. It is open chest surgery with a hospital stay and recovery afterwards.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,630 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 6 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$2,630$2,188 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,715 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,169
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,630

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
$2,187.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$15,488.17
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.9 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.

Georgia· 17th of 51

$3,311

CA $10,471HI $2,138

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.