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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$5,298

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,298 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$692 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,698 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $19,953Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$33,113.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$20,417.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
5 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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 9.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Georgia· 40th of 51

$5,298

$933 physician + $4,365 facility

OK $19,472MT $2,030

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.