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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Alabama 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 4 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$1,905$1,202 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,585 to $15,488

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $891 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,905

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$1,905

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.