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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

North Carolina 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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$1,349$1,122 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$1,660 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $42,658Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $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
$1,047.13
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$42,657.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,445

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.