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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Minnesota 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?

$3,779

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,000 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,122 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $661 to $22,387Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,399professional $1,380

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
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$48,977.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$3,779

$1,380 physician + $2,399 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.