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Temporary Heart Pump Placed Through Blood Vessels

West 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?

$1,039

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$501 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$490 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,413Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $490 to $851
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $550

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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where West 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

West Virginia· 49th of 49

$1,039

$550 physician + $490 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.