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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Indiana 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?

$34,487

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34,487 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $33,884 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$603$501 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$33,884$16,982 to $43,652

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33,884 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $50,119Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $33,884professional $603

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
$478.63
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$52,480.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 49

$34,487

$603 physician + $33,884 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.