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Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Placement, Additional Branch

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 7 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$631$631 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,778 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $813 to $11,482Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $631

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
$954.99
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$48,977.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$14,454.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 28th of 51

$1,585

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.