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Procedure price report · Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography

Dye study of both lung arteries during heart catheter test

CPT 93573the billing code this page is about

Add-on service: contrast dye is injected through the catheter to X-ray the arteries to both lungs during a heart catheterization.

Hospitals typically charge $1,308 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 808 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,482. Most fall between $307 and $3,683 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
808
States
49
Filings dated
Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 808 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
$127$434$1,308$2,813$6,397

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 51× what the cheapest tenth charges ($127 vs $6,397).

How the prices are spread

$102 – $162: 56 hospitals$102$162 – $257: 43 hospitals$257 – $407: 60 hospitals$257$407 – $646: 51 hospitals$646 – $1,024: 87 hospitals$646$1,024 – $1,622: 116 hospitals$1,622 – $2,572: 134 hospitals$1,622$2,572 – $4,076: 76 hospitals$4,076 – $6,461: 66 hospitals$4,076$6,461 – $10,240: 42 hospitals$6,461median $1,308price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (731 of 808 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$102$16256
$162$25743
$257$40760
$407$64651
$646$1,02487
$1,024$1,622116
$1,622$2,572134
$2,572$4,07676
$4,076$6,46166
$6,461$10,24042

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,308.

Alaska: 1 hospital 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $119 across 19 hospitalsWA$119Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $628 across 14 hospitalsMN$628Illinois: median $854 across 47 hospitalsIL$854Wisconsin: median $308 across 14 hospitalsWI$308Michigan: median $1,535 across 31 hospitalsMI$1,535New York: median $406 across 22 hospitalsNY$406Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $984 across 10 hospitalsIA$984Indiana: median $2,063 across 29 hospitalsIN$2,063Ohio: median $1,952 across 69 hospitalsOH$1,952Pennsylvania: median $1,119 across 27 hospitalsPA$1,119New Jersey: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $656 across 64 hospitalsCA$656Utah: median $4,699 across 22 hospitalsUT$4,699Colorado: median $5,393 across 20 hospitalsCO$5,393Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $500 across 15 hospitalsMO$500Kentucky: median $3,941 across 17 hospitalsKY$3,941West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $202 across 18 hospitalsVA$202Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $680 across 21 hospitalsAZ$680New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $131 across 21 hospitalsTN$131North Carolina: median $2,797 across 22 hospitalsNC$2,797South Carolina: median $1,285 across 13 hospitalsSC$1,285Oklahoma: median $283 across 14 hospitalsOK$283Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,373 across 41 hospitalsGA$2,373Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,702 across 86 hospitalsTX$1,702Florida: median $1,692 across 51 hospitalsFL$1,692
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,308. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO20$5,393+312%$675 – $12,057
Utah UT22$4,699+259%$4,699 – $4,699
Kentucky KY17$3,941+201%$1,077 – $7,559
North Carolina NC22$2,797+114%$1,050 – $4,323
Georgia GA41$2,373+81%$1,557 – $2,610
Indiana IN29$2,063+58%$296 – $3,251
Ohio OH69$1,952+49%$1,300 – $10,240
Texas TX86$1,702+30%$591 – $4,626
Florida FL51$1,692+29%$970 – $3,683
Michigan MI31$1,535+17%$1,283 – $3,960
South Carolina SC13$1,285−2%$932 – $1,884
Pennsylvania PA27$1,119−14%$204 – $2,555
Iowa IA10$984−25%$984 – $1,032
Illinois IL47$854−35%$180 – $6,675
Arizona AZ21$680−48%$510 – $997
California CA64$656−50%$127 – $2,439
Minnesota MN14$628−52%$628 – $6,397
Missouri MO15$500−62%$441 – $2,123
New York NY22$406−69%$110 – $1,080
Wisconsin WI14$308−76%$307 – $341
Oklahoma OK14$283−78%$271 – $638
Virginia VA18$202−85%$101 – $460
Tennessee TN21$131−90%$101 – $926
Washington WA19$119−91%$115 – $1,899
New Jersey NJ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,308.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care713$1,300$294 – $3,344
Children’s36$2,379$637 – $5,677
Critical access53$1,485$308 – $4,699
Ownership
For-profit82$1,995$656 – $5,453
Government77$1,557$460 – $3,648
Non-profit643$1,299$282 – $3,338
System affiliation
Part of a system740$1,308$308 – $3,648
Independent68$1,285$245 – $4,110

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,210
Median cash price$1,308
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

659 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,300 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,406; most fall between $283 and $3,202.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 659 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
$127$460$1,300$2,610$4,961

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 39× what the cheapest tenth charges ($127 vs $4,961).

Of the 704 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 659 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

808 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 896 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted808
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded52
Hospitals that filed this code896

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Njx Drg C-Cathj Slctv P-Art Angiography Bi.

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, “Dye study of both lung arteries during heart catheter test (CPT 93573) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93573-dye-study-of-both-lung-arteries-during-heart-catheter-test