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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Kentucky 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?

$23,442

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23,442 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,129 to $30,200.

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 $23,442 · 10th to 90th $851 to $33,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $23,442

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
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$33,884.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$34,673.69

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 4th of 51

$23,442

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.