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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33745

A procedure done through a thin tube threaded into the heart from a blood vessel, in which an opening between heart chambers is created or widened and held open with a small mesh stent. It is used for heart conditions present from birth, to let blood mix or to relieve pressure in a chamber without opening the chest.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart cost?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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 6 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$3,548$1,660 to $5,888
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$1,349 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $18,197Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $7,079
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $3,548

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$33,884.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,317.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.7 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$3,548

CA $10,233KY $1,175

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.