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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 July 2026.

How much does Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery cost?

$7,079

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,079 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,884 to $10,233.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $19,953
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,079

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$23,442.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44,668.36
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$44,668.36
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35,481.34
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$35,481.34
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$21,877.62

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 64.6 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Tennessee· 31st of 51

$7,079

IN $41,687ND $646

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.