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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Montana 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?

$1,416

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$692$457 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$708 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $631 to $891Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $692

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 46th of 51

$1,416

$692 physician + $724 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.