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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Texas 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?

$2,418

Typical total for the visit. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$513$398 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$708 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $457 to $10,471Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $76 to $3,631
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,905professional $513

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
$724.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
10 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
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23

Where Texas 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

Texas· 19th of 51

$2,418

$513 physician + $1,905 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.