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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

North Carolina 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?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$3,631$2,754 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$575 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,244Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $5,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $3,631

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
6 more rates 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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 9th of 51

$3,631

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.