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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

New York 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?

$7,437

Typical total for the visit. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$589 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,020 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $794 to $15,849Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,660
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,761professional $676

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
$602.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,548.82
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$37,153.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where New York 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

New York· 12th of 49

$7,437

$676 physician + $6,761 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.