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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

South Carolina 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?

$1,579

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$513 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$589 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,000
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $871professional $708

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
$616.60
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
5 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
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,579

$708 physician + $871 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.