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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through a Vessel

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33990

Inserts a temporary mechanical pump that helps a failing heart move blood, threading it into position through a blood vessel rather than opening the chest. X-ray guidance is used to place it, and the imaging and its interpretation are part of the service. It supports the circulation for a short period during or after a heart crisis or procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through a Vessel cost?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $13,183.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $16,218
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 95.5 times more in Indiana 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.

Alabama· 24th of 49

$3,715

IN $33,884HI $355

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.