go back

Blood Flow Measurement Inside a Heart Artery

Connecticut 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$398$339 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$468 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $275 to $4,467Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $234 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $398

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$758.58
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
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 12th of 51

$417

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.