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Laser Channels In The Heart Muscle

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 33141

A laser is used to make many tiny channels in the wall of the heart muscle, with the aim of improving the blood supply to areas that cannot be helped by bypass surgery or stents. It is performed during open chest surgery and is used for severe, disabling chest pain caused by coronary artery disease.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Laser Channels In The Heart Muscle cost?

$4,480

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,480 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$182 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,096 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $661 to $16,982Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $135 to $363
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 45.5 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$4,480

$214 physician + $4,266 facility

AL $17,961MT $395

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.