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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Iowa 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$1,622$1,318 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$3,467 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $1,622

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
$1,584.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$2,399

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.