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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Colorado rates for HCPCS 92943

Reopens a heart artery, one of its branches, or an old bypass graft that has been completely blocked for a long time. Working through a catheter from the wrist or groin, the doctor crosses the blockage and restores flow using a balloon, a stent, or a device that shaves or drills through the hardened material. One blocked vessel is treated; a further blocked vessel opened in the same session is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery cost?

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,129 to $44,668.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $89,125Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,820
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,913professional $1,820

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$34,673.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$112,201.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$57,543.99
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$60,255.96

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$8,913

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.