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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 October 2026.

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

$3,005

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,005 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$661$631 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$794 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,266Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $661

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
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
10 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
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 51

$3,005

$661 physician + $2,344 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.