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Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Placement, Additional Branch

California rates for HCPCS C9601

Percutaneous transcatheter placement of drug-eluting intracoronary stent(s), with coronary angioplasty when performed; each additional branch of a major coronary artery (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Placement, Additional Branch cost?

$12,023

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $12,882 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,549$631 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,882$9,333 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $23,442Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $631 to $13,183
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,882professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$23,988.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40,738.03
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$40,738.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$25,703.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where California sits

The same service costs 33.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Indiana. 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· 5th of 51

$12,023

WI $20,893IN $631

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.