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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Rhode Island 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?

$794

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $933.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,244Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $575

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$794

CA $10,233WV $550

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.