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Removal of a Temporary Heart Pump

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 33997

Removal of a temporary pump that was placed through a blood vessel to help the heart move blood. It is taken out at a later visit than the one where it was put in, once the heart has recovered enough to manage without it. The tube is withdrawn and the puncture site in the vessel is closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Temporary Heart Pump cost?

$200

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $110 to $245.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,244Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $110 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $200

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Rhode Island· 43rd of 51

$200

CA $7,762KY $178

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.