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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,293

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,293 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$617$550 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$457 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,202
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $676professional $617

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
$562.34
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
10 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
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 50th of 51

$1,293

$617 physician + $676 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.