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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

South Dakota 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?

$1,973

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$550 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$603 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,365Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,202
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,122professional $851

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
$602.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 44th of 49

$1,973

$851 physician + $1,122 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.