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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Oregon 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?

$1,894

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$1,023$708 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$832 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $724 to $3,311Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,445
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $871professional $1,023

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
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 49

$1,894

$1,023 physician + $871 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.