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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 October 2026.

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

$18,416

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18,416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,596 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$1,820$1,479 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$7,762 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $44,668Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $16,596professional $1,820

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
10 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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 7th of 51

$18,416

$1,820 physician + $16,596 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.