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Heart Stent Placed Through The Chest Wall

New York rates for HCPCS 33621

A procedure in which a catheter is passed directly through the chest wall into the heart so a small mesh tube can be positioned in a vessel to hold it open. The catheter is then withdrawn and the chest closed. This route avoids threading a catheter all the way up from a vessel in the groin.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Stent Placed Through The Chest Wall cost?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$977 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,630 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,202

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where New York sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

New York· 9th of 51

$1,995

CA $9,333KY $1,023

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.