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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

Louisiana 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?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$2,754$2,291 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $2,754

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
$933.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$2,754

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.