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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Idaho 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?

$1,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$708 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$575 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,548Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $794professional $794

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
8 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 40th of 51

$1,589

$794 physician + $794 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.