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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Michigan 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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$1,175 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$4,786 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,786professional $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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 44th of 51

$1,413

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.