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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

Nebraska 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 6 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$3,388$1,698 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$7,244 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $60,256Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $9,550
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $8,511professional $3,388

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$144,543.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$34,673.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$3,467

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.