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Plaque Removal and Stent in a Heart Artery

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 92933

A catheter treatment for a narrowed heart artery in which the hardened deposit is shaved, drilled, or cut away first, and a stent is then expanded to hold the vessel open, with balloon widening as needed. Clearing the deposit first lets the stent open fully in a vessel that a balloon alone cannot expand. It covers the work done in one main heart artery or one of its branches.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Plaque Removal and Stent in a Heart Artery cost?

$7,244

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,244 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,738 to $15,136.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $794 to $16,218
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$32,359.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$39,810.72
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72,443.60
Median
$72,443.60
Typical High
$72,443.60

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 64.6 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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· 27th of 51

$7,244

IN $41,687ND $646

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.