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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

North Dakota 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?

$1,714

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,714 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$955$741 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$603 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,344Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 38th of 51

$1,714

$955 physician + $759 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.