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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

Kansas 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 October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump cost?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$3,090$2,818 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$479 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $123 to $5,623Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $4,266
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
1 more rate 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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Arkansas. 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.

Kansas· 20th of 51

$2,884

AK $7,586AR $1,622

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.