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Blood Flow Measurement Inside a Heart Artery

South Carolina 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$200$158 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$126 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $85 to $2,239Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $110 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $200

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
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
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$209

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.