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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Colorado 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?

$7,079

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,079 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $16,596 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 7 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$1,288$1,202 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,596$6,026 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $44,668Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $16,596professional $1,288

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,905.46
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$7,079

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.