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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Maine 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?

$676

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $575 to $891.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $513 to $933
$500$1Kprofessional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California 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.

Maine· 42nd of 51

$676

CA $10,233WV $550

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.