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Catheter-Placed Passage Inside The Heart

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

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

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$692 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$708 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,786Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$37,153.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,778.28
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$912

WI $1,778KY $398

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.