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Extra Plug for a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Maryland rates for HCPCS 93592

Placement of an additional plug to seal a leak around an artificial heart valve, during the same catheter procedure in which the first plug is placed. The plug travels to the heart through a thin tube threaded up a blood vessel, and closes a gap between the artificial valve and the surrounding heart tissue. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Plug for a Leak Around a Heart Valve cost?

$398

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $468.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $129 to $129Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $355 to $661
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $129professional $398

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in California than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Maryland $398 · 50th of 51
CA $8,318SC $398

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.