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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Ohio 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?

$7,725

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,725 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$501 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$2,089 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $759 to $13,490Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,549
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $646

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
$549.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$30,199.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 10th of 49

$7,725

$646 physician + $7,079 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.