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Procedure price report · Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)

Shock wave treatment of hardened plaque in a heart artery

CPT 92972the billing code this page is about

Sound-wave (lithotripsy) treatment delivered by catheter to break up calcium deposits in a coronary artery; billed in addition to the main artery-opening procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $4,612 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,484 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,066. Most fall between $1,524 and $11,461 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,484
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,484 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$648$2,087$4,612$9,350$16,105

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($648 vs $16,105).

How the prices are spread

$328 – $500: 48 hospitals$328$500 – $763: 50 hospitals$763 – $1,164: 70 hospitals$763$1,164 – $1,775: 87 hospitals$1,775 – $2,708: 150 hospitals$1,775$2,708 – $4,130: 227 hospitals$4,130 – $6,300: 208 hospitals$4,130$6,300 – $9,609: 204 hospitals$9,609 – $14,657: 188 hospitals$9,609$14,657 – $22,356: 105 hospitals$14,657median $4,612price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,337 of 1,484 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$328$50048
$500$76350
$763$1,16470
$1,164$1,77587
$1,775$2,708150
$2,708$4,130227
$4,130$6,300208
$6,300$9,609204
$9,609$14,657188
$14,657$22,356105

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,612.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,223 across 37 hospitalsWA$3,223Idaho: median $7,860 across 12 hospitalsID$7,860Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,798 across 29 hospitalsMN$2,798Illinois: median $3,750 across 65 hospitalsIL$3,750Wisconsin: median $1,602 across 45 hospitalsWI$1,602Michigan: median $3,304 across 56 hospitalsMI$3,304New York: median $4,700 across 30 hospitalsNY$4,700Massachusetts: median $4,181 across 17 hospitalsMA$4,181Oregon: median $2,213 across 29 hospitalsOR$2,213Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,187 across 21 hospitalsIA$2,187Indiana: median $3,050 across 43 hospitalsIN$3,050Ohio: median $3,650 across 73 hospitalsOH$3,650Pennsylvania: median $5,071 across 61 hospitalsPA$5,071New Jersey: median $8,947 across 23 hospitalsNJ$8,947Connecticut: median $4,636 across 11 hospitalsCT$4,636Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,039 across 110 hospitalsCA$6,039Utah: median $13,479 across 26 hospitalsUT$13,479Colorado: median $10,325 across 33 hospitalsCO$10,325Nebraska: median $4,363 across 17 hospitalsNE$4,363Missouri: median $7,447 across 45 hospitalsMO$7,447Kentucky: median $4,442 across 34 hospitalsKY$4,442West Virginia: median $5,734 across 12 hospitalsWV$5,734Virginia: median $2,821 across 31 hospitalsVA$2,821Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,448 across 36 hospitalsAZ$4,448New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,543 across 19 hospitalsKS$2,543Arkansas: median $663 across 10 hospitalsAR$663Tennessee: median $1,880 across 40 hospitalsTN$1,880North Carolina: median $3,896 across 40 hospitalsNC$3,896South Carolina: median $13,739 across 33 hospitalsSC$13,739Oklahoma: median $2,089 across 23 hospitalsOK$2,089Louisiana: median $3,180 across 30 hospitalsLA$3,180Mississippi: median $2,670 across 18 hospitalsMS$2,670Alabama: median $1,888 across 23 hospitalsAL$1,888Georgia: median $6,872 across 60 hospitalsGA$6,872Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,186 across 153 hospitalsTX$6,186Florida: median $5,859 across 86 hospitalsFL$5,859
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,612. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC33$13,739+198%$7,486 – $18,842
Utah UT26$13,479+192%$13,479 – $14,976
Colorado CO33$10,325+124%$2,971 – $10,344
New Jersey NJ23$8,947+94%$762 – $16,249
Idaho ID12$7,860+70%$2,000 – $7,860
Missouri MO45$7,447+61%$1,097 – $10,525
Georgia GA60$6,872+49%$4,371 – $14,122
Texas TX153$6,186+34%$3,096 – $14,803
California CA110$6,039+31%$2,824 – $12,505
Florida FL86$5,859+27%$2,496 – $20,119
West Virginia WV12$5,734+24%$5,616 – $7,088
Pennsylvania PA61$5,071+10%$648 – $12,975
New York NY30$4,700+2%$328 – $8,313
Connecticut CT11$4,636+1%$3,247 – $6,000
Arizona AZ36$4,448−4%$2,829 – $9,271
Kentucky KY34$4,442−4%$979 – $33,467
Nebraska NE17$4,363−5%$3,002 – $5,812
Massachusetts MA17$4,181−9%$1,035 – $11,394
North Carolina NC40$3,896−16%$2,679 – $6,772
Illinois IL65$3,750−19%$668 – $6,616
Ohio OH73$3,650−21%$2,717 – $6,645
Michigan MI56$3,304−28%$999 – $7,020
Washington WA37$3,223−30%$1,848 – $10,506
Louisiana LA30$3,180−31%$1,581 – $5,798
Indiana IN43$3,050−34%$1,829 – $6,895
Virginia VA31$2,821−39%$1,575 – $4,395
Minnesota MN29$2,798−39%$2,233 – $4,266
Mississippi MS18$2,670−42%$1,466 – $5,193
Kansas KS19$2,543−45%$1,284 – $10,341
Oregon OR29$2,213−52%$262 – $4,712
Iowa IA21$2,187−53%$868 – $3,002
Oklahoma OK23$2,089−55%$957 – $7,501
Alabama AL23$1,888−59%$565 – $20,037
Tennessee TN40$1,880−59%$648 – $2,285
Wisconsin WI45$1,602−65%$911 – $2,911
Arkansas AR10$663−86%$210 – $9,671
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,612.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,353$4,825$1,625 – $11,871
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access119$2,798$911 – $7,860
Ownership
For-profit199$7,857$2,000 – $19,131
Government160$4,371$1,099 – $6,973
Non-profit1,120$4,106$1,602 – $10,435
System affiliation
Part of a system1,326$4,820$1,709 – $11,871
Independent158$3,002$457 – $8,821

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,991
Median cash price$4,612
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,172 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,633 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,058; most fall between $1,663 and $10,720.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,172 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$687$2,187$4,633$9,271$14,936

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($687 vs $14,936).

Of the 1,331 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,172 gave a usable cash price; 81 carried a plausibility flag, 7 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 71 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,484 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,735 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,484
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here122
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded9
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded117
Hospitals that filed this code1,735

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Lithotripsy.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Shock wave treatment of hardened plaque in a heart artery (CPT 92972) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92972-shock-wave-treatment-of-hardened-plaque-in-a-heart-artery