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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Virginia 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?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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 8 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$1,318$1,175 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$3,236 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $40,738Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,166
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $9,550professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$51,286.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 24th of 51

$1,862

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.