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Balloon Widening of the Aortic Valve

Texas 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?

$5,888

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,020 to $12,023.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $18,197
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,888

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
$1,096.48
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,892.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$34,673.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Texas $5,888 · 32nd of 50
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.