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Balloon Widening of the Aortic Valve

Pennsylvania 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?

$7,244

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,244 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,802 to $8,710.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244

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
$1,513.56
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,748.98
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$36,307.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 20th of 50

$7,244

IN $22,909ND $1,318

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.