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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through a Vessel

Washington 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?

$871

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $4,677.

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 $871 · 10th to 90th $457 to $17,783
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $871

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
$446.68
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$18,620.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 42nd of 49

$871

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.