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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 October 2026.

How much does Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels cost?

$5,973

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$603$513 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,660 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $851 to $14,125Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
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
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44

Where New York 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

New York· 7th of 51

$5,973

$603 physician + $5,370 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.