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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 October 2026.

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

$1,714

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,714 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$955$741 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$708 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,202Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,660
$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 37th of 51

$1,714

$955 physician + $759 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.