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Set-Up And Operation Of A Heart-Lung Pump

North Carolina 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$251 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$209 to $26,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $209 to $29,512Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $209 to $676
$100$1K$10Kfacility $339professional $372

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 10th of 51

$372

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.