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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 July 2026.

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

$5,933

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 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$562$501 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,585 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $562 to $8,511Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $562

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
$562.34
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 16th of 49

$5,933

$562 physician + $5,370 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.