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Catheter Closure of a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Washington, DC 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?

$9,550

Typical facility fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,550 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,898 to $15,849.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $9,550professional $1,778

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$37,153.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,952.62
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$95,499.26

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 12th of 50

$9,550

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.