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Extra Plug for a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,238

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,238 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$389 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,820 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $832 to $10,471Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,585
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $3,802professional $437

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,905.46
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,232.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$7,244.36
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83

Where Pennsylvania 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 feePennsylvania $4,238 · 19th 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.