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Lung Artery Dye Study During Heart Catheterization

Texas rates for HCPCS 93568

Injects contrast dye into the arteries of the lungs during a heart catheter procedure and takes moving X-ray pictures of them, together with the interpretation and written report. The pictures show blood flow through the lung arteries and can reveal a clot, a narrowing or an abnormal connection. It is performed as part of the catheter procedure already under way and billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lung Artery Dye Study During Heart Catheterization cost?

$214

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $1,660.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $41 to $3,890
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $214

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
$37.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,000.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 426.6 times more in Indiana 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.

Texas· 24th of 49

$214

IN $18,621DC $43.65

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.