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Extra Plug for a Leak Around a Heart Valve

New York 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 October 2026.

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

$6,277

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$339 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,738 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $513 to $25,704Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $316 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,888professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$29,512.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,489.63
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$53,703.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71

Where New York sits

The same service costs 27.0 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New York· 2nd of 51

$6,277

$389 physician + $5,888 facility

AL $15,422MD $571

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.