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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

Virginia 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?

$3,912

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$550 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$813 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $589 to $11,749Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $676

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 26th of 49

$3,912

$676 physician + $3,236 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.