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Blood Flow Measurement Inside a Heart Artery

Colorado rates for HCPCS 93571

This covers using a specialized pressure- or flow-sensing wire inside an artery of the heart to determine how much a narrowing is limiting blood flow, sometimes combined with a medication that temporarily increases blood flow to get a clearer reading. The measurement helps a doctor decide whether a narrowing needs to be treated with a stent or other procedure, rather than relying on the image alone. This is performed during a heart catheterization.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Flow Measurement Inside a Heart Artery cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$257 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$309 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $229 to $6,918Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $324

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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Oregon. 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$347

WI $776OR $182

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.