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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Minnesota 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?

$2,549

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$1,000$794 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,072 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $1,000

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 37th of 49

$2,549

$1,000 physician + $1,549 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.