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Set-Up And Operation Of A Heart-Lung Pump

California rates for HCPCS 99192

Setting up and running a pump fitted with an oxygenator or a heat exchanger — the equipment that takes over the work of the heart and lungs, or warms and cools the blood, while a patient is supported. It covers the technical work of assembling the circuit, priming it, and operating it during the procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Set-Up And Operation Of A Heart-Lung Pump cost?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$224 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$324 to $151,356

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $240 to $251,189Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,995
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,754professional $324

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$660.69
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$34,673.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$151,356.12
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$645.65
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26

Where California sits

The same service costs 67.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

California· 15th of 51

$339

AK $871KY $12.88

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.