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Opening A Long-Blocked Heart Artery

Virginia 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?

$9,879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$661 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$3,020 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $871 to $25,704Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $9,120professional $759

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
$891.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$23,988.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$41,686.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$17,782.79
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 25th of 51

$9,879

$759 physician + $9,120 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.