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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Louisiana 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?

$10,224

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,224 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$891$794 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$6,026 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $22,909Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $891

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
$870.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$28,840.32
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$10,224

$891 physician + $9,333 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.