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Catheter-Placed Passage Inside The Heart

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 33746

Creates a new opening inside the heart without opening the chest. A thin tube is threaded through a blood vessel up to the heart and a small mesh stent is set across the wall between chambers so the passage stays open. It is used in heart conditions present from birth, where allowing blood to cross between chambers improves how well the body is supplied.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter-Placed Passage Inside The Heart cost?

$2,138

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $525 to $10,471.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $525 to $18,621Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $525

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
$524.81
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Washington, DC· 4th of 51

$2,138

CA $10,471WV $468

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.