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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Kentucky 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?

$5,973

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$513 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$741 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $589 to $11,220Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,000
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $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
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 15th of 49

$5,973

$603 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.