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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

Missouri 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,570$2,291 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,148 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,754
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $2,570

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
$1,995.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$2,570

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.