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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Michigan 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?

$5,514

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,514 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$617$550 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,570 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,918Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $501 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $617

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
$602.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 17th of 49

$5,514

$617 physician + $4,898 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.