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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through a Vessel

Iowa 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?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $6,761.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,943Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $851

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
$537.03
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 19th of 49

$4,266

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.