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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Balloon widening of a lung artery, each extra vessel

CPT 92998the billing code this page is about

A balloon-tipped catheter is used to open a narrowed pulmonary artery; billed once for each additional vessel treated beyond the first.

Hospitals typically charge $3,965 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 569 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,381. Most fall between $1,162 and $8,558 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
569
States
48
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 569 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
$560$1,575$3,965$7,549$10,934

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($560 vs $10,934).

How the prices are spread

$373 – $537: 21 hospitals$373$537 – $773: 35 hospitals$773 – $1,113: 29 hospitals$773$1,113 – $1,602: 34 hospitals$1,602 – $2,308: 48 hospitals$1,602$2,308 – $3,323: 40 hospitals$3,323 – $4,786: 81 hospitals$3,323$4,786 – $6,892: 83 hospitals$6,892 – $9,925: 106 hospitals$6,892$9,925 – $14,293: 39 hospitals$9,925median $3,965price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (516 of 569 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$373$53721
$537$77335
$773$1,11329
$1,113$1,60234
$1,602$2,30848
$2,308$3,32340
$3,323$4,78681
$4,786$6,89283
$6,892$9,925106
$9,925$14,29339

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,965.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,965 across 18 hospitalsWA$3,965Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: median $5,283 across 12 hospitalsMN$5,283Illinois: median $1,811 across 36 hospitalsIL$1,811Wisconsin: median $1,452 across 10 hospitalsWI$1,452Michigan: median $814 across 17 hospitalsMI$814New York: median $1,656 across 13 hospitalsNY$1,656Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $5,110 across 11 hospitalsOR$5,110Nevada: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $697 across 15 hospitalsIA$697Indiana: median $1,211 across 13 hospitalsIN$1,211Ohio: median $4,406 across 46 hospitalsOH$4,406Pennsylvania: median $373 across 21 hospitalsPA$373New Jersey: median $781 across 11 hospitalsNJ$781Connecticut: 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 $7,549 across 47 hospitalsCA$7,549Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $6,529 across 10 hospitalsVA$6,529Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $2,931 across 21 hospitalsNC$2,931South Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $560 across 20 hospitalsOK$560Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,519 across 32 hospitalsGA$3,519Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,218 across 80 hospitalsTX$5,218Florida: median $9,425 across 35 hospitalsFL$9,425
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,965. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL35$9,425+138%$8,010 – $10,934
California CA47$7,549+90%$2,851 – $9,407
Virginia VA10$6,529+65%$3,250 – $6,529
Minnesota MN12$5,283+33%$2,771 – $5,600
Texas TX80$5,218+32%$3,222 – $8,251
Oregon OR11$5,110+29%$5,110 – $5,511
Ohio OH46$4,406+11%$3,766 – $5,184
Washington WA18$3,9650%$3,909 – $8,911
Georgia GA32$3,519−11%$3,154 – $9,396
North Carolina NC21$2,931−26%$1,741 – $8,558
Illinois IL36$1,811−54%$697 – $7,082
New York NY13$1,656−58%$371 – $8,100
Wisconsin WI10$1,452−63%$1,452 – $1,452
Indiana IN13$1,211−69%$1,060 – $1,713
Michigan MI17$814−79%$419 – $814
New Jersey NJ11$781−80%$379 – $945
Iowa IA15$697−82%$697 – $4,349
Oklahoma OK20$560−86%$560 – $3,187
Pennsylvania PA21$373−91%$210 – $7,000
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,965.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care488$3,965$1,180 – $8,251
Children’s39$5,888$1,596 – $10,745
Critical access39$1,627$814 – $7,067
Ownership
For-profit57$4,406$1,824 – $9,425
Government55$3,900$1,331 – $8,558
Non-profit454$3,965$1,044 – $7,787
System affiliation
Part of a system514$3,965$1,204 – $8,111
Independent55$4,433$883 – $12,823

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,247
Median cash price$3,965
Cash as a share of list, median hospital59%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 41%. 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

436 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,967 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,937; most fall between $1,741 and $8,558.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 436 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
$697$2,449$4,967$7,549$10,745

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($697 vs $10,745).

Of the 468 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 436 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

569 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 626 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted569
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code626

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 23, 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 Prq Trluml Pulmonary Art Balloon Angiop Ea Vsl.

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, each extra vessel (CPT 92998) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92998-balloon-widening-of-a-lung-artery-each-extra-vessel