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Balloon Widening Of A Lung Artery

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 92997

A thin tube is threaded through a blood vessel up to a narrowed artery in the lungs, where a small balloon is inflated to stretch the narrowing open and let blood flow through more easily. It is done from inside the vessel, without opening the chest. This version covers the treatment of one such artery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening Of A Lung Artery cost?

$9,120

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,585 to $14,454.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $708 to $15,849
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120

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
$794.33
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$32,359.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$23,442.29
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in Wyoming than in North Dakota. 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 50

$9,120

WY $23,442ND $631

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.