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Catheter Closure of a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Virginia 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?

$14,113

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,882 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 8 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 $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,882$5,495 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $46,774Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $12,882professional $1,230

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
$3,801.89
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$38,018.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$46,773.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$40,738.03
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$64,565.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$14,113

$1,230 physician + $12,882 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.