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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Iowa 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?

$6,241

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,241 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$676 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,230 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,943Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $871

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
$676.08
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 49

$6,241

$871 physician + $5,370 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.