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Heart Transplant or Heart Assist Implant (with MCC)

Kentucky rates for MS-DRG 001

Heart Transplant or Implant of Heart Assist System with MCC

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Transplant or Heart Assist Implant (with MCC) cost?

$363,078

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363,078 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $263,027 to $501,187.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363,078 · 10th to 90th $162,181 to $707,946
$200K$500Kfacility $363,078

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
$269,153.48
Median
$416,869.38
Typical High
$676,082.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162,181.01
Median
$363,078.05
Typical High
$707,945.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199,526.23
Median
$354,813.39
Typical High
$478,630.09

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 33.9 times more in New York than in Michigan. 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.

Kentucky· 33rd of 51

$363,078

NY $724,436MI $21,380

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.