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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Nevada 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?

$3,487

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,487 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$603$537 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$692 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $468 to $10,233Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,023
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $603

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 11th of 51

$3,487

$603 physician + $2,884 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.