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Blood Flow Measurement Inside a Heart Artery

Kentucky 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$275 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$115 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $78 to $692Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,089
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $195professional $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
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
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
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 25th of 51

$324

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.