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Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Placement, Single Vessel

California rates for HCPCS C9600

Percutaneous transcatheter placement of drug eluting intracoronary stent(s), with coronary angioplasty when performed; single major coronary artery or branch

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Placement, Single Vessel cost?

$10,000

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $11,749 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$135$135 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,749$7,586 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $23,442Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,074
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $11,749professional $135

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
$2,570.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$28,840.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$21,877.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,703.96
5 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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62

Where California sits

The same service costs 281.8 times more in Minnesota than in Montana. 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.

California· 13th of 51

$10,000

MN $22,387MT $79.43

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.