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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 8 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$2,239$2,089 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$3,162 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $2,239

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
$1,412.54
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,125.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$2,291

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.