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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 October 2026.

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

$1,868

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,868 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$977$692 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$759 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,511Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,413
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $891professional $977

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 33rd of 51

$1,868

$977 physician + $891 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.