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Catheter Closure of a Leak Around a Heart Valve

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$8,710

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,710 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,660 to $15,136.

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 $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $23,988
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,710

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
$1,047.13
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$32,359.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$61,659.50
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$51,286.14

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 36.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

$8,710

IN $38,905WV $1,072

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.