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Balloon Widening of an Extra Lung Artery

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 92998

Stretches open a narrowed artery carrying blood from the heart to the lungs, in a further vessel treated during the same session. A catheter with a balloon at its tip is threaded through a vein to the narrowed segment and inflated to widen it, easing the pressure the right side of the heart has to pump against. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of an Extra Lung Artery cost?

$6,671

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$468 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,090 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $12,303Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,026professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$61,659.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 46.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Michigan. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Hampshire· 14th of 51

$6,671

$646 physician + $6,026 facility

OK $19,047MI $409

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.