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Procedure price report · Heart valve procedures

Balloon widening of the aortic valve through a catheter

CPT 92986the billing code this page is about

A balloon-tipped catheter is threaded to the heart's aortic valve and inflated to stretch open a narrowed valve.

Hospitals typically charge $7,466 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,392 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $8,081. Most fall between $4,247 and $13,894 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,392
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,392 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$2,808$4,789$7,466$12,335$19,802

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,808 vs $19,802).

How the prices are spread

$1,952 – $2,544: 47 hospitals$1,952$2,544 – $3,316: 81 hospitals$3,316 – $4,323: 89 hospitals$3,316$4,323 – $5,634: 191 hospitals$5,634 – $7,344: 207 hospitals$5,634$7,344 – $9,573: 196 hospitals$9,573 – $12,478: 175 hospitals$9,573$12,478 – $16,265: 138 hospitals$16,265 – $21,200: 81 hospitals$16,265$21,200 – $27,634: 49 hospitals$21,200median $7,466price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,254 of 1,392 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,952$2,54447
$2,544$3,31681
$3,316$4,32389
$4,323$5,634191
$5,634$7,344207
$7,344$9,573196
$9,573$12,478175
$12,478$16,265138
$16,265$21,20081
$21,200$27,63449

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,815
Median cash price$7,466
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.28×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $7,466.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $10,506 across 31 hospitalsWA$10,506Idaho: median $14,000 across 10 hospitalsID$14,000Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,894 across 22 hospitalsMN$6,894Illinois: median $7,310 across 56 hospitalsIL$7,310Wisconsin: median $5,379 across 43 hospitalsWI$5,379Michigan: median $6,781 across 56 hospitalsMI$6,781New York: median $6,747 across 42 hospitalsNY$6,747Massachusetts: median $13,353 across 15 hospitalsMA$13,353Oregon: median $10,826 across 27 hospitalsOR$10,826Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $6,037 across 21 hospitalsIA$6,037Indiana: median $4,885 across 39 hospitalsIN$4,885Ohio: median $9,493 across 71 hospitalsOH$9,493Pennsylvania: median $6,724 across 71 hospitalsPA$6,724New Jersey: median $6,311 across 30 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,154 across 120 hospitalsCA$11,154Utah: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $8,547 across 21 hospitalsCO$8,547Nebraska: median $3,353 across 13 hospitalsNE$3,353Missouri: median $5,536 across 30 hospitalsMO$5,536Kentucky: median $8,954 across 23 hospitalsKY$8,954West Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,826 across 34 hospitalsVA$5,826Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,727 across 33 hospitalsAZ$7,727New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $5,388 across 12 hospitalsKS$5,388Arkansas: median $4,787 across 16 hospitalsAR$4,787Tennessee: median $4,358 across 36 hospitalsTN$4,358North Carolina: median $7,428 across 34 hospitalsNC$7,428South Carolina: median $7,164 across 36 hospitalsSC$7,164Oklahoma: median $3,187 across 24 hospitalsOK$3,187Louisiana: median $5,735 across 28 hospitalsLA$5,735Mississippi: median $4,400 across 18 hospitalsMS$4,400Alabama: median $8,428 across 21 hospitalsAL$8,428Georgia: median $6,886 across 54 hospitalsGA$6,886Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $11,715 across 138 hospitalsTX$11,715Florida: median $9,835 across 82 hospitalsFL$9,835
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $7,466. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$14,000+88%$10,388 – $15,720
Massachusetts MA15$13,353+79%$6,308 – $36,757
Texas TX138$11,715+57%$4,634 – $18,637
California CA120$11,154+49%$5,775 – $24,204
Oregon OR27$10,826+45%$3,683 – $12,328
Washington WA31$10,506+41%$4,281 – $11,805
Florida FL82$9,835+32%$6,938 – $16,508
Ohio OH71$9,493+27%$6,749 – $17,613
Kentucky KY23$8,954+20%$2,808 – $41,238
Colorado CO21$8,547+14%$3,823 – $11,722
Alabama AL21$8,428+13%$5,079 – $18,098
Arizona AZ33$7,727+3%$3,854 – $15,127
North Carolina NC34$7,428−1%$5,013 – $8,473
Illinois IL56$7,310−2%$3,000 – $11,981
South Carolina SC36$7,164−4%$5,359 – $11,187
Minnesota MN22$6,894−8%$6,584 – $12,502
Georgia GA54$6,886−8%$4,058 – $9,895
Michigan MI56$6,781−9%$2,936 – $8,955
New York NY42$6,747−10%$4,789 – $12,335
Pennsylvania PA71$6,724−10%$3,075 – $12,209
New Jersey NJ30$6,311−15%$2,575 – $11,149
Iowa IA21$6,037−19%$2,842 – $9,995
Virginia VA34$5,826−22%$4,358 – $7,072
Louisiana LA28$5,735−23%$3,833 – $11,026
Missouri MO30$5,536−26%$4,600 – $10,906
Kansas KS12$5,388−28%$4,788 – $10,906
Wisconsin WI43$5,379−28%$5,072 – $9,513
Indiana IN39$4,885−35%$2,295 – $10,048
Arkansas AR16$4,787−36%$2,982 – $7,836
Mississippi MS18$4,400−41%$3,791 – $9,905
Tennessee TN36$4,358−42%$3,061 – $6,706
Nebraska NE13$3,353−55%$2,633 – $9,175
Oklahoma OK24$3,187−57%$2,058 – $7,020
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $7,466.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,250$7,428$4,213 – $13,623
Children’s43$12,831$4,987 – $26,363
Critical access92$6,140$3,426 – $12,004
Ownership
For-profit167$10,696$5,243 – $21,784
Government157$6,747$4,076 – $11,026
Non-profit1,061$7,325$4,159 – $13,325
System affiliation
Part of a system1,247$7,466$4,281 – $13,623
Independent145$7,686$3,683 – $15,911

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$14,967
Median cash price$7,466
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,083 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $8,056 and the average of the middle 60% is $8,396; most fall between $4,358 and $14,149.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,083 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$2,955$5,013$8,056$12,502$19,042

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,955 vs $19,042).

Of the 1,153 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,083 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 43 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,392 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,477 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,392
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded49
Hospitals that filed this code1,477

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Heart valve procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Prq Balloon Valvuloplasty Aortic Valve.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Balloon widening of the aortic valve through a catheter (CPT 92986) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92986-balloon-widening-of-the-aortic-valve-through-a-catheter