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Catheter Radiation Device for a Heart Artery

California rates for HCPCS 92974

Places a device through a catheter into a heart artery so that radiation can be delivered to a segment that has narrowed again after earlier treatment. The measured dose discourages scar tissue from re-forming inside the vessel. It is billed in addition to the main artery procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Radiation Device for a Heart Artery cost?

$316

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $269 to $437.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,445Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $126 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $316professional $158

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
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$35,481.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$23,988.33
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where California sits

The same service costs 81.3 times more in Missouri than in Washington, DC. 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.

California· 30th of 49

$316

MO $12,023DC $148

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.