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Placing a balloon heart pump through an open groin incision

CPT 33970the billing code this page is about

Insertion of an intra-aortic balloon pump to help the heart pump, threaded into the main artery through a surgical cut in the femoral artery at the groin.

Hospitals typically charge $1,324 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 368 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,596. Most fall between $629 and $3,360 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
368
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 368 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$481$693$1,324$2,827$5,339

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($481 vs $5,339).

How the prices are spread

$338 – $470: 17 hospitals$338$470 – $654: 49 hospitals$654 – $908: 59 hospitals$654$908 – $1,262: 34 hospitals$1,262 – $1,754: 34 hospitals$1,262$1,754 – $2,438: 42 hospitals$2,438 – $3,388: 47 hospitals$2,438$3,388 – $4,708: 26 hospitals$4,708 – $6,543: 17 hospitals$4,708$6,543 – $9,093: 8 hospitals$6,543median $1,324price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (333 of 368 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$338$47017
$470$65449
$654$90859
$908$1,26234
$1,262$1,75434
$1,754$2,43842
$2,438$3,38847
$3,388$4,70826
$4,708$6,54317
$6,543$9,0938

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,324.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,437 across 25 hospitalsIL$1,437Wisconsin: median $2,703 across 25 hospitalsWI$2,703Michigan: median $2,259 across 31 hospitalsMI$2,259New York: median $1,042 across 21 hospitalsNY$1,042Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $816 across 12 hospitalsOR$816Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $866 across 17 hospitalsIA$866Indiana: median $974 across 12 hospitalsIN$974Ohio: median $1,752 across 19 hospitalsOH$1,752Pennsylvania: median $1,040 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,040New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $1,513 across 13 hospitalsCO$1,513Nebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $613 across 11 hospitalsMO$613Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $572 across 12 hospitalsOK$572Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $791 across 10 hospitalsGA$791Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $2,980 across 18 hospitalsFL$2,980
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,324. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+286%$3,986 – $5,855
Florida FL18$2,980+125%$2,867 – $12,659
Wisconsin WI25$2,703+104%$1,965 – $3,706
Michigan MI31$2,259+71%$693 – $2,703
Ohio OH19$1,752+32%$969 – $4,361
Colorado CO13$1,513+14%$639 – $3,360
Illinois IL25$1,437+9%$623 – $2,827
New York NY21$1,042−21%$648 – $1,440
Pennsylvania PA19$1,040−21%$214 – $2,110
Indiana IN12$974−26%$818 – $3,652
Iowa IA17$866−35%$866 – $969
Oregon OR12$816−38%$629 – $816
Georgia GA10$791−40%$791 – $1,482
Missouri MO11$613−54%$582 – $900
Oklahoma OK12$572−57%$572 – $572
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,324.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care309$1,266$629 – $3,652
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access51$1,965$816 – $2,703
Ownership
For-profit34$1,214$795 – $4,192
Government42$930$401 – $1,618
Non-profit290$1,602$629 – $3,360
System affiliation
Part of a system314$1,513$648 – $3,360
Independent54$861$430 – $1,840

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,037
Median cash price$1,324
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

275 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,144 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,450; most fall between $639 and $3,201.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 275 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$572$693$1,144$2,703$6,489

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($572 vs $6,489).

Of the 305 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 275 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

368 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 417 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted368
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here26
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code417

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR heart procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Insj Intra-Aort Balo Assist Dev via Fem Art Open.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Placing a balloon heart pump through an open groin incision (CPT 33970) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33970-placing-a-balloon-heart-pump-through-an-open-groin-incision