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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Tennessee 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?

$8,079

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,079 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$1,000$708 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$4,365 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $603 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $1,000

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
$2,344.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$31,622.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,818.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 31st of 51

$8,079

$1,000 physician + $7,079 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.