Balloon Widening of the Aortic Valve

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 92986

A catheter carrying a balloon is threaded through a blood vessel up to the valve at the outlet of the heart's main pumping chamber, and the balloon is inflated to force open a valve stiffened and narrowed by calcium or scarring. Opening it lets blood leave the heart more easily, easing breathlessness, chest tightness, and blackouts. The chest is not opened.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of the Aortic Valve cost?

$10,507

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,507 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

19% physician fee81% facility fee

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 53 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,995	$1,413 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$8,511	$4,169 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $23,988Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $4,169

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,513.56 Median $6,025.60 Typical High $16,595.87	Facility	Global	$1,513.56	$6,025.60	$16,595.87
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $5,495.41 Median $12,302.69 Typical High $28,840.32	Facility	Global	$5,495.41	$12,302.69	$28,840.32
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,801.89 Median $15,848.93 Typical High $36,307.81	Facility	Global	$3,801.89	$15,848.93	$36,307.81
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,951.21 Median $8,912.51 Typical High $19,952.62	Facility	Global	$2,951.21	$8,912.51	$19,952.62

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

CO $18,169MD $4,961

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.