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Balloon Widening of the Pulmonary Heart Valve

Alabama rates for HCPCS 92990

This procedure widens a narrowed pulmonary valve, the valve controlling blood flow from the heart to the lungs, by threading a catheter with a deflated balloon to the valve and inflating it to stretch the opening. It is done without open-heart surgery, using imaging to guide the catheter through a blood vessel to the heart. It is used to treat pulmonary valve stenosis, a narrowing that makes the heart work harder to pump blood to the lungs.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of the Pulmonary Heart Valve cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,905$1,000 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$2,138 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $977 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,905

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
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$1,905

CA $9,772MD $1,148

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.