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Placement of an external heart pump for one ventricle

CPT 33975the billing code this page is about

Surgery to implant a mechanical pump that sits outside the body and supports the pumping action of one of the heart's ventricles.

Hospitals typically charge $3,221 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 337 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,974. Most fall between $1,925 and $7,266 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
337
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 337 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
$1,403$2,113$3,221$6,500$13,820

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,403 vs $13,820).

How the prices are spread

$943 – $1,348: 15 hospitals$943$1,348 – $1,926: 39 hospitals$1,926 – $2,753: 58 hospitals$1,926$2,753 – $3,935: 64 hospitals$3,935 – $5,625: 50 hospitals$3,935$5,625 – $8,040: 40 hospitals$8,040 – $11,492: 17 hospitals$8,040$11,492 – $16,425: 15 hospitals$16,425 – $23,477: 1 hospitals$16,425$23,477 – $33,557: 9 hospitals$23,477median $3,221price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (308 of 337 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$943$1,34815
$1,348$1,92639
$1,926$2,75358
$2,753$3,93564
$3,935$5,62550
$5,625$8,04040
$8,040$11,49217
$11,492$16,42515
$16,425$23,4771
$23,477$33,5579

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,221.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,095 across 12 hospitalsWA$1,095Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,901 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,901Wisconsin: median $7,189 across 11 hospitalsWI$7,189Michigan: median $3,221 across 31 hospitalsMI$3,221New York: median $3,795 across 12 hospitalsNY$3,795Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,195 across 17 hospitalsIA$3,195Indiana: median $2,896 across 17 hospitalsIN$2,896Ohio: median $2,809 across 21 hospitalsOH$2,809Pennsylvania: median $2,441 across 21 hospitalsPA$2,441New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,068 across 13 hospitalsCA$11,068Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $4,909 across 10 hospitalsMO$4,909Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $2,113 across 11 hospitalsOK$2,113Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $5,053 across 11 hospitalsGA$5,053Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $4,406 across 36 hospitalsTX$4,406Florida: median $31,077 across 17 hospitalsFL$31,077
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,221. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL17$31,077+865%$5,554 – $66,359
California CA13$11,068+244%$3,598 – $14,397
Wisconsin WI11$7,189+123%$4,439 – $7,189
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+59%$4,210 – $5,855
Georgia GA11$5,053+57%$5,053 – $5,053
Missouri MO10$4,909+52%$2,150 – $33,557
Texas TX36$4,406+37%$2,685 – $7,266
New York NY12$3,795+18%$1,529 – $4,558
Michigan MI31$3,2210%$1,808 – $4,814
Iowa IA17$3,195−1%$3,195 – $3,879
Indiana IN17$2,896−10%$1,779 – $3,842
Ohio OH21$2,809−13%$2,612 – $5,152
Pennsylvania PA21$2,441−24%$827 – $11,435
Oklahoma OK11$2,113−34%$2,113 – $2,113
Illinois IL13$1,901−41%$1,779 – $13,169
Washington WA12$1,095−66%$947 – $3,482
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $3,221.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care292$3,221$1,925 – $7,266
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access29$3,181$1,779 – $5,053
Ownership
For-profit39$3,792$1,779 – $9,025
Government34$2,752$1,925 – $6,233
Non-profit259$3,221$1,901 – $7,266
System affiliation
Part of a system293$3,221$1,901 – $7,266
Independent44$3,032$2,005 – $5,492

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,328
Median cash price$3,221
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

256 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,195 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,011; most fall between $1,862 and $9,801.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 256 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
$1,323$2,113$3,195$7,266$19,446

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,323 vs $19,446).

Of the 296 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 256 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

337 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 395 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted337
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code395

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 23, 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 Ventric Assist Dev Xtrcorp Single Ventricle.

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, “Placement of an external heart pump for one ventricle (CPT 33975) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33975-placement-of-an-external-heart-pump-for-one-ventricle