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Catheter Closure of a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Washington, DC 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?

$17,448

Typical total for the visit. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,448 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,218 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$1,230$1,096 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,218$9,550 to $21,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $38,905Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $16,218professional $1,230

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
$977.24
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$38,904.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$70,794.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Washington, DC 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

Washington, DC· 8th of 51

$17,448

$1,230 physician + $16,218 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.