CPT 93455: Imaging Supervision & Interpretation for Coronary Bypass Graft Catheter Placement
Medicare pays $678 and commercial payers pay $3102 on average nationally for this procedure.
CPT code 93455 describes imaging supervision and interpretation performed during catheter placement in a coronary bypass graft, including contrast injections to assess coronary artery disease or focal stenosis; service type: diagnostic imaging supervision and interpretation for catheter-based coronary bypass graft procedures; typical site of service: hospital catheterization laboratory or outpatient cardiac catheterization suite.
For related coverage guidance, see recent payer policy updates: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT)/Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography (CCTA), Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment, Biomarkers for Myocardial Infarction and Chronic Heart Failure.
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National Reimbursement Benchmarks
Nationally, Medicare's mean rate of $677.50 sits well below the BUCA commercial average of $3,101.60, indicating a substantial gap between federal reimbursement and this commercial benchmark for CPT 93455. The commercial mean for BUCA is roughly 4.6 times Medicare’s mean, highlighting meaningful payer-level differences in compensation for the same service.
Rate dispersion (P75 minus P25) highlights where rates cluster versus where they spread. Blue Cross Blue Shield shows the widest interquartile spread at $4,726.30 (P75 $6,513.10 minus P25 $1,787.80), followed by BUCA at $3,057.00 and UnitedHealth Group at $870.10. The tightest spreads are Aetna at $660.70 and Cigna at $960.00, indicating more concentrated commercial pricing for those payers.