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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Nebraska 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?

$9,324

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,324 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$813$407 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,761 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $60,256Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,239
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $813

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$144,543.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 49

$9,324

$813 physician + $8,511 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.