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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

North Dakota 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?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$3,715$2,089 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,905 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,786
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $3,715

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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 11th of 51

$3,631

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.