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Extra Plug for a Leak Around a Heart Valve

Vermont 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 Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $479 to $617.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $479 to $794
$500.0$1.0Kprofessional $479

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont $479 · 43rd 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.