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Balloon Widening of the Pulmonary Heart Valve

South Carolina 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $12,303 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$1,096$676 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,303$7,762 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,303 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $26,915Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,738
$100$1K$10Kfacility $12,303professional $1,096

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
$1,096.48
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$61,659.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$1,148

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.