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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Rhode Island 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?

$1,318

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $1,698.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $1,318

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 46th of 51

$1,318

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.