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Heart Transplant or Heart Assist Implant (without MCC)

North Carolina rates for MS-DRG 002

Heart Transplant or Implant of Heart Assist System without MCC

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Transplant or Heart Assist Implant (without MCC) cost?

$128,825

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $128,825 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107,152 to $169,824.

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 $128,825 · 10th to 90th $83,176 to $223,872
$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $128,825

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
$102,329.30
Median
$128,824.96
Typical High
$223,872.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$125,892.54
Typical High
$208,929.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87,096.36
Median
$158,489.32
Typical High
$263,026.80

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Vermont 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$128,825

VT $295,121MI $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.