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Blood Flow Measurement Inside a Heart Artery

Washington, DC 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?

$282

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $457.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,549Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $89 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $282

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$501.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 38th of 51

$282

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.