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Laser Channels In The Heart Muscle

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

How much does Laser Channels In The Heart Muscle cost?

$5,525

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,525 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$141 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,585 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $132 to $339
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $5,370professional $155

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$660.69
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 78.8 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feePennsylvania $5,525 · 15th of 49
IN $22,539WV $286

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.