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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Arizona 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?

$4,954

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,954 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$501 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,089 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $8,318Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $589

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 19th of 49

$4,954

$589 physician + $4,365 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.