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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

New York 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?

$10,514

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,514 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$676 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$2,884 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $57,544Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,288
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $9,772professional $741

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
$1,621.81
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$28,183.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$74,131.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$44,668.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$37,153.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$34,673.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86

Where New York 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

New York· 17th of 51

$10,514

$741 physician + $9,772 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.