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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Balloon widening of a lung artery, single vessel

CPT 92997the billing code this page is about

A balloon-tipped catheter is used to open a narrowed pulmonary artery; this code covers treatment of one vessel.

Hospitals typically charge $10,161 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 709 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $10,445. Most fall between $4,013 and $17,685 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
709
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 709 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
$2,133$5,117$10,161$16,240$25,108

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,133 vs $25,108).

How the prices are spread

$1,104 – $1,573: 28 hospitals$1,104$1,573 – $2,242: 16 hospitals$2,242 – $3,195: 27 hospitals$2,242$3,195 – $4,554: 51 hospitals$4,554 – $6,490: 57 hospitals$4,554$6,490 – $9,250: 88 hospitals$9,250 – $13,182: 153 hospitals$9,250$13,182 – $18,787: 131 hospitals$18,787 – $26,775: 70 hospitals$18,787$26,775 – $38,159: 22 hospitals$26,775median $10,161price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (643 of 709 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,104$1,57328
$1,573$2,24216
$2,242$3,19527
$3,195$4,55451
$4,554$6,49057
$6,490$9,25088
$9,250$13,182153
$13,182$18,787131
$18,787$26,77570
$26,775$38,15922

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$11,794
Median cash price$10,161
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.86×

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 $10,161.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 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 $12,332 across 21 hospitalsWA$12,332Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $11,979 across 12 hospitalsMN$11,979Illinois: median $5,117 across 37 hospitalsIL$5,117Wisconsin: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $8,986 across 21 hospitalsMI$8,986New York: median $13,420 across 27 hospitalsNY$13,420Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $17,341 across 12 hospitalsOR$17,341Nevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,393 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,393Indiana: median $3,151 across 18 hospitalsIN$3,151Ohio: median $10,368 across 45 hospitalsOH$10,368Pennsylvania: median $13,297 across 23 hospitalsPA$13,297New Jersey: median $12,552 across 26 hospitalsNJ$12,552Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $14,053 across 64 hospitalsCA$14,053Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $10,264 across 10 hospitalsMO$10,264Kentucky: median $22,035 across 12 hospitalsKY$22,035West Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $7,507 across 20 hospitalsVA$7,507Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,616 across 12 hospitalsTN$3,616North Carolina: median $8,759 across 23 hospitalsNC$8,759South Carolina: median $10,161 across 21 hospitalsSC$10,161Oklahoma: median $2,133 across 22 hospitalsOK$2,133Louisiana: median $5,312 across 12 hospitalsLA$5,312Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $8,687 across 32 hospitalsGA$8,687Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,721 across 85 hospitalsTX$9,721Florida: median $19,236 across 45 hospitalsFL$19,236
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $10,161. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY12$22,035+117%$4,523 – $22,035
Florida FL45$19,236+89%$14,293 – $29,667
Oregon OR12$17,341+71%$10,501 – $38,648
California CA64$14,053+38%$6,736 – $16,335
New York NY27$13,420+32%$4,013 – $13,703
Pennsylvania PA23$13,297+31%$4,563 – $23,198
New Jersey NJ26$12,552+24%$3,401 – $14,680
Washington WA21$12,332+21%$7,389 – $21,288
Minnesota MN12$11,979+18%$5,537 – $11,979
Ohio OH45$10,368+2%$8,870 – $42,385
Missouri MO10$10,264+1%$7,265 – $25,156
South Carolina SC21$10,1610%$7,548 – $10,293
Texas TX85$9,721−4%$5,218 – $13,569
Michigan MI21$8,986−12%$8,986 – $18,792
North Carolina NC23$8,759−14%$3,814 – $15,345
Georgia GA32$8,687−15%$5,027 – $9,396
Virginia VA20$7,507−26%$6,783 – $8,508
Louisiana LA12$5,312−48%$2,816 – $11,468
Illinois IL37$5,117−50%$1,393 – $13,689
Tennessee TN12$3,616−64%$702 – $10,361
Indiana IN18$3,151−69%$2,375 – $18,235
Oklahoma OK22$2,133−79%$1,104 – $8,089
Iowa IA15$1,393−86%$1,393 – $6,499
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not 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 $10,161.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care629$10,161$4,365 – $17,341
Children’s41$12,316$4,967 – $21,118
Critical access36$5,218$2,389 – $12,615
Ownership
For-profit75$10,293$3,453 – $19,781
Government82$10,381$4,846 – $15,345
Non-profit549$10,161$3,844 – $17,685
System affiliation
Part of a system638$10,003$4,172 – $17,060
Independent71$12,638$3,272 – $20,113

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$16,513
Median cash price$10,161
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

528 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $10,161 and the average of the middle 60% is $10,712; most fall between $5,027 and $17,824.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 528 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
$2,183$5,751$10,161$16,335$25,939

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,183 vs $25,939).

Of the 560 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 528 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

709 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 760 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted709
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code760

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 Other vascular catheterization, not heart family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Pul Art Balloon Repair,Perc,1st Vesl.

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 a lung artery, single vessel (CPT 92997) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92997-balloon-widening-of-a-lung-artery-single-vessel