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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Minnesota 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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 6 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$2,399$1,905 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$2,884 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $30,200Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,166professional $2,399

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$45,708.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$2,570

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.