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Blood Flow Measurement Inside an Additional Heart Artery

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 93572

This covers using a specialized pressure- or flow-sensing wire inside an additional artery of the heart, beyond the first one already measured, to determine how much a narrowing is limiting blood flow. The measurement helps a doctor decide whether that narrowing needs to be treated with a stent or other procedure. It is performed during a heart catheterization when more than one artery is being evaluated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Flow Measurement Inside an Additional Heart Artery cost?

$166

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $251.

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 $107 to $1,549Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $107 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $166

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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
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
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Virginia. 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· 39th of 51

$166

WI $417VA $110

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.