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Blood Flow Measurement Inside a Heart Artery

Virginia 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $331 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$115 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$174 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,738Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $98 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $331professional $186

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
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
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
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 49th of 51

$204

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.