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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Utah 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?

$3,783

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$832$646 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$933 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $575 to $13,804Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $832

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
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Utah 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

Utah· 10th of 51

$3,783

$832 physician + $2,951 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.