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Catheter Closure of a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 93590

Seals a leak in the gap between a previously implanted artificial heart valve and the tissue it was sewn into. A catheter is threaded through a blood vessel to the heart, and a small plug is positioned in the gap and released, closing the channel without open-heart surgery. It treats the breathlessness, tiredness and anemia such a leak can cause.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Catheter Closure of a Leak Around a Heart Valve cost?

$10,898

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,898 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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$1,778$1,514 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$4,571 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $31,623Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $1,778

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$36,307.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$38,018.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
5 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
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Indiana than in Kentucky. 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

Connecticut· 28th of 51

$10,898

$1,778 physician + $9,120 facility

IN $23,026KY $2,834

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.