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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33991

Places a temporary mechanical pump to support a failing left pumping chamber of the heart, threaded in through blood vessels rather than by opening the chest. Working under X-ray guidance, the doctor positions the pump so it moves blood forward while the heart recovers or while longer-term treatment is arranged.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels cost?

$6,044

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,044 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,175 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $724 to $251,189Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,630
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $1,778

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.6 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 6th of 51

$6,044

$1,778 physician + $4,266 facility

CO $15,162MD $1,112

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.