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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Texas 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?

$6,918

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,918 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,467 to $16,982.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $25,704
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,918

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$42,657.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$36,307.81
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$30,199.52

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 32nd of 51

$6,918

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.