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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Colorado 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?

$15,162

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,162 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,454 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$550 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,454$2,692 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $871 to $25,704Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,454professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$15,162

$708 physician + $14,454 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.