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Imaging From Inside A Heart Artery, First Vessel

Delaware rates for HCPCS 92978

A miniature imaging probe is threaded through a catheter into a heart artery or bypass graft to look at the vessel wall from the inside, using either sound waves or a light-based scan. The pictures show the true size of the vessel and what the narrowing is made of, in far more detail than X-ray pictures alone, which guides the choice and sizing of treatment. This covers the first vessel imaged and is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Imaging From Inside A Heart Artery, First Vessel cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $170 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$309$295 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$97.72 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,455Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $275 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $170professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$831.76
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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.

Delaware· 37th of 51

$309

WI $891HI $138

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.