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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Alabama 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?

$4,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$537 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,259 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $16,218Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $794

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 22nd of 49

$4,510

$794 physician + $3,715 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.