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Removal of a Temporary Heart Pump

South Carolina 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 The tube is withdrawn and the puncture site in the vessel is closed.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?

$6,523

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,523 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$155 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$214 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $214 to $22,909Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $155 to $251
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $214

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
$213.80
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 40.8 times more in Maine 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

South Carolina· 15th of 50

$6,523

$214 physician + $6,310 facility

ME $14,018WV $344

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.