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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

North Carolina 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?

$2,491

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,491 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$832$479 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$776 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,943Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $832

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
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 38th of 49

$2,491

$832 physician + $1,660 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.