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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Florida 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?

$3,241

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,241 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$550$427 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$550 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $417 to $25,119Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,072
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $550

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
$645.65
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
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
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61

Where Florida 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

Florida· 12th of 51

$3,241

$550 physician + $2,692 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.