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Catheter Closure of a Leak Around a Heart Valve

South Carolina 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?

$15,849

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,849 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9,550 to $21,878.

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 $15,849 · 10th to 90th $891 to $34,674
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $15,849

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
$891.25
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$45,708.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$61,659.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$75,857.76

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 50

$15,849

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.