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Balloon Widening of an Extra Lung Artery

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

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

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $8,318.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $589 to $9,120
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370

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
$588.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,120.11
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,748.98
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 58.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Hawaii. 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.

Pennsylvania· 21st of 49

$5,370

OK $18,621HI $316

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.