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Extra Plug for a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Minnesota 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?

$2,440

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,440 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$617 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,047 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,236Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,445
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K$50.0Kfacility $1,549professional $891

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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMinnesota $2,440 · 31st of 49
CA $11,527MD $527

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.