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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Connecticut 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?

$8,967

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,967 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$1,023$724 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$4,898 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $26,915Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,023

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
$912.01
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 8th of 49

$8,967

$1,023 physician + $7,943 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.