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Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Placement, Single Vessel

North Carolina 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?

$9,120

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $13,804.

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 $10,715 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $24,547Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $135 to $9,120
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,715professional $676

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
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$28,183.83
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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 51

$9,120

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.