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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Mississippi 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?

$4,914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$933$676 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,995 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $15,136Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$4,914

$933 physician + $3,981 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.