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Aortic Root Dye Injection During Heart Catheterization

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$281

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $281 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $174 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$107$51.29 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$174$87.10 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $51 to $4,169Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $46 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $174professional $107

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
$51.29
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$275.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 186.5 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$281

$107 physician + $174 facility

IN $17,444MD $93.56

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.