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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Rhode Island 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?

$5,698

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,698 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$724 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,020 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $13,804Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,349
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $912

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 38th of 51

$5,698

$912 physician + $4,786 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.