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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Tennessee 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$1,479$1,175 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,344 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,479

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
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$1,820

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.