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Balloon Widening of the Pulmonary Heart Valve

Louisiana 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 5 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$1,349$1,318 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,138 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,349

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$2,570

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.