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Imaging Guidance for Blocking a Blood Vessel

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 75894

This covers the imaging guidance and interpretation used during a procedure in which a doctor intentionally blocks off a blood vessel, known as embolization. This technique can be used to stop internal bleeding, cut off blood supply to a tumor, or close an abnormal connection between blood vessels. The imaging lets the doctor confirm the correct vessel is being treated and that the blockage is achieved successfully.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Imaging Guidance for Blocking a Blood Vessel cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $851 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$933 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$851 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,349Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Alaska than in Oregon. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$1,148

AK $2,754OR $135

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.