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Extra Plug for a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Rhode Island 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?

$479

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $575.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $537 to $15,136Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $407 to $661
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,660professional $468

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island $479 · 44th 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.