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Blood Flow Measurement Inside an Additional Heart Artery

North Carolina 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 negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$129 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$107 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,096Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $107 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $151professional $166

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
$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
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$302.00
7 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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th 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.