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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Utah 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 7 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$1,698$1,549 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,162 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,698

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 8th of 51

$3,162

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.