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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

New Jersey 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?

$692

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $562 to $4,365.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $11,749Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $603

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
$794.33
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California 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.

New Jersey· 41st of 51

$692

CA $10,233WV $550

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.