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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

North Carolina 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?

$11,646

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,646 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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$1,175$813 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$3,981 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $1,175

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
$645.65
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$29,512.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 10th of 51

$11,646

$1,175 physician + $10,471 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.