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Procedure price report · Diagnostic ultrasound (echocardiogram) or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of heart

Imaging from inside a heart artery, each extra vessel

CPT 92979the billing code this page is about

Add-on imaging with an ultrasound or light-based catheter inside a coronary artery or bypass graft, billed once for each additional vessel examined in the same session.

Hospitals typically charge $1,583 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,758 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,717. Most fall between $497 and $3,456 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,758
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 1,758 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
$267$607$1,583$3,033$4,986

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($267 vs $4,986).

How the prices are spread

$150 – $220: 57 hospitals$150$220 – $322: 58 hospitals$322 – $471: 132 hospitals$322$471 – $688: 139 hospitals$688 – $1,007: 142 hospitals$688$1,007 – $1,472: 201 hospitals$1,472 – $2,153: 237 hospitals$1,472$2,153 – $3,149: 285 hospitals$3,149 – $4,606: 218 hospitals$3,149$4,606 – $6,736: 115 hospitals$4,606median $1,583price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,584 of 1,758 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$150$22057
$220$32258
$322$471132
$471$688139
$688$1,007142
$1,007$1,472201
$1,472$2,153237
$2,153$3,149285
$3,149$4,606218
$4,606$6,736115

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,583.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,670 across 39 hospitalsWA$1,670Idaho: median $3,233 across 12 hospitalsID$3,233Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,371 across 39 hospitalsMN$1,371Illinois: median $1,387 across 74 hospitalsIL$1,387Wisconsin: median $956 across 50 hospitalsWI$956Michigan: median $811 across 64 hospitalsMI$811New York: median $643 across 42 hospitalsNY$643Massachusetts: median $482 across 25 hospitalsMA$482Oregon: median $1,327 across 32 hospitalsOR$1,327Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $737 across 23 hospitalsIA$737Indiana: median $1,161 across 50 hospitalsIN$1,161Ohio: median $2,011 across 90 hospitalsOH$2,011Pennsylvania: median $903 across 71 hospitalsPA$903New Jersey: median $531 across 35 hospitalsNJ$531Connecticut: median $914 across 14 hospitalsCT$914Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,257 across 141 hospitalsCA$2,257Utah: median $546 across 26 hospitalsUT$546Colorado: median $1,443 across 33 hospitalsCO$1,443Nebraska: median $742 across 19 hospitalsNE$742Missouri: median $2,160 across 45 hospitalsMO$2,160Kentucky: median $2,707 across 31 hospitalsKY$2,707West Virginia: median $812 across 13 hospitalsWV$812Virginia: median $1,434 across 41 hospitalsVA$1,434Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,276 across 39 hospitalsAZ$2,276New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,180 across 22 hospitalsKS$1,180Arkansas: median $684 across 19 hospitalsAR$684Tennessee: median $998 across 50 hospitalsTN$998North Carolina: median $2,541 across 54 hospitalsNC$2,541South Carolina: median $2,475 across 36 hospitalsSC$2,475Oklahoma: median $1,352 across 34 hospitalsOK$1,352Louisiana: median $1,203 across 34 hospitalsLA$1,203Mississippi: median $1,198 across 23 hospitalsMS$1,198Alabama: median $1,860 across 25 hospitalsAL$1,860Georgia: median $2,941 across 66 hospitalsGA$2,941Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,193 across 176 hospitalsTX$2,193Florida: median $3,302 across 83 hospitalsFL$3,302
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,583. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL83$3,302+109%$1,470 – $5,156
Idaho ID12$3,233+104%$640 – $6,403
Georgia GA66$2,941+86%$1,166 – $3,815
Kentucky KY31$2,707+71%$621 – $4,282
North Carolina NC54$2,541+61%$892 – $4,576
South Carolina SC36$2,475+56%$1,301 – $3,944
Arizona AZ39$2,276+44%$944 – $10,315
California CA141$2,257+43%$1,182 – $5,296
Texas TX176$2,193+39%$842 – $3,740
Missouri MO45$2,160+36%$1,387 – $3,035
Ohio OH90$2,011+27%$808 – $3,258
Alabama AL25$1,860+17%$329 – $3,888
Washington WA39$1,670+6%$787 – $3,189
Colorado CO33$1,443−9%$795 – $3,225
Virginia VA41$1,434−9%$1,325 – $2,224
Illinois IL74$1,387−12%$528 – $4,688
Minnesota MN39$1,371−13%$1,136 – $2,094
Oklahoma OK34$1,352−15%$439 – $2,274
Oregon OR32$1,327−16%$463 – $2,377
Louisiana LA34$1,203−24%$283 – $3,596
Mississippi MS23$1,198−24%$637 – $2,261
Kansas KS22$1,180−25%$150 – $2,270
Indiana IN50$1,161−27%$353 – $3,167
Tennessee TN50$998−37%$191 – $1,658
Wisconsin WI50$956−40%$330 – $1,696
Connecticut CT14$914−42%$420 – $2,967
Pennsylvania PA71$903−43%$264 – $3,047
West Virginia WV13$812−49%$624 – $2,195
Michigan MI64$811−49%$340 – $2,237
Nebraska NE19$742−53%$260 – $1,901
Iowa IA23$737−53%$411 – $1,249
Arkansas AR19$684−57%$468 – $2,233
New York NY42$643−59%$316 – $2,571
Utah UT26$546−66%$546 – $546
New Jersey NJ35$531−66%$372 – $5,079
Massachusetts MA25$482−70%$150 – $1,261
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $1,583.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,591$1,604$528 – $3,554
Children’s26$1,774$434 – $4,114
Critical access133$1,198$330 – $2,469
Ownership
For-profit239$2,021$703 – $4,838
Government204$1,437$476 – $3,762
Non-profit1,307$1,537$482 – $3,225
System affiliation
Part of a system1,540$1,603$528 – $3,404
Independent218$1,410$215 – $3,816

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,966
Median cash price$1,583
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

1,370 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,696 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,818; most fall between $577 and $3,554.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,370 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
$297$765$1,696$3,047$5,107

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($297 vs $5,107).

Of the 1,495 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,370 gave a usable cash price; 49 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 74 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,758 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (44%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,964 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,758
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here78
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded122
Hospitals that filed this code1,964

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 Diagnostic ultrasound (echocardiogram) or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of heart family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Endoluminal Coronary Ivus Oct I&R Addl Vessel.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Imaging from inside a heart artery, each extra vessel (CPT 92979) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92979-imaging-from-inside-a-heart-artery-each-extra-vessel