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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Montana 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?

$1,148

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $1,230.

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 $1,148 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $33,113
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $1,148

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$23,442.29

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 48th of 51

$1,148

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.