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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 October 2026.

How much does Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels cost?

$1,344

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$525 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$490 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,511Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,175
$100$1K$10Kfacility $741professional $603

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
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$1,344

$603 physician + $741 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.