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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Missouri 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?

$4,882

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,882 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$617$537 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,512 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $8,511Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$549.54
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 21st of 49

$4,882

$617 physician + $4,266 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.