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Balloon Widening of the Aortic Valve

Iowa 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 October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of the Aortic Valve cost?

$8,062

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,062 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$1,862 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,020 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $14,125Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $2,692

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
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$8,062

$2,692 physician + $5,370 facility

OK $17,587KY $3,463

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.