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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Kansas 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 5 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$1,349$1,318 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$3,162 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $1,778
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $1,349

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
$2,818.38
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 29th of 51

$1,738

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.