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Laser Channels In The Heart Muscle

West Virginia 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?

$286

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $138 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$145 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$138$138 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,413Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $138 to $234
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $138professional $148

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87

Where West Virginia 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 feeWest Virginia $286 · 49th 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.