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Blood Flow Measurement Inside a Heart Artery

Pennsylvania 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$240 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$102 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $78 to $3,890Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $186 to $513
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $263professional $288

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
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$70.79
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
4 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
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 33rd of 51

$288

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.