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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Illinois 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?

$2,272

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,272 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$562 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$708 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,762Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $759

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
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,238.72
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$2,272

$759 physician + $1,514 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.