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Imaging From Inside A Heart Artery, First Vessel

New Mexico 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $309 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$204 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$224 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,380Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $89 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $309professional $295

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
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 39th of 51

$295

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.