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Balloon Widening of the Pulmonary Heart Valve

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

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

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,239$1,622 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,862 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $19,498Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,236professional $2,239

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$48,977.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Texas. 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.

Minnesota· 10th of 51

$2,455

OK $7,762TX $871

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.