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Mechanical Support For A Failing Heart

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Mechanical Support For A Failing Heart cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$186 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$200 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $186 to $22,909Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $174 to $288
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $186

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
$186.21
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$186

CA $3,388MD $182

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.