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Aortic Root Dye Injection During Heart Catheterization

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 93567

This is an additional imaging step performed during a heart catheterization, where contrast dye is injected just above the heart's main pumping valve to take pictures of that portion of the aorta. It is done alongside the main catheterization procedure to check for leakage or narrowing at the base of the aorta.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Aortic Root Dye Injection During Heart Catheterization cost?

$194

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $194 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $115 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$79.43$57.54 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$115$64.57 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $37 to $955Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $48 to $229
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $115professional $79

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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$398.11
2 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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 41.1 times more in Colorado than in Wyoming. 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$194

$79.43 physician + $115 facility

CO $5,431WY $132

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.