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Catheter Closure of a Leak Around a Heart Valve

California rates for HCPCS 93591

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?

$11,482

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,482 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,586 to $14,791.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $6,026 to $23,442Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $11,482professional $851

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
$4,897.79
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,442.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$20,892.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$54,954.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$23,988.33
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$51,286.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$50,118.72

Where California sits

The same service costs 43.7 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.

California· 9th of 50

$11,482

IN $38,905WV $891

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.