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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 July 2026.

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

$2,934

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$1,585$955 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$562 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $537 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $1,585

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
$1,348.96
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 33.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 33rd of 49

$2,934

$1,585 physician + $1,349 facility

IN $34,487WV $1,039

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.