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Replacement Of An Implanted Heart Pump

South 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$3,467$1,950 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,399 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,898Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,129
$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $3,467

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 13th 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.