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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through a Vessel

Kentucky 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $9,120.

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 $4,467 · 10th to 90th $347 to $11,220
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,467

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 18th of 49

$4,467

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.