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Mechanical Support For A Failing Heart

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 92970

Use of a mechanical pump to take over part of the work of a heart that cannot maintain the circulation on its own. The service covers setting up, running, and adjusting the support rather than the operation to place the device.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Mechanical Support For A Failing Heart cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$204 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$562 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $174 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$263

AK $741NY $195

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.