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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

South 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?

$11,405

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,405 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$692 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$2,951 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $37,154Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,288
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,471professional $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
$660.69
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$53,703.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$36,307.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$48,977.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07

Where South 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

South Carolina· 12th of 51

$11,405

$933 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.