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Catheter-Placed Passage Inside The Heart

Vermont 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?

$692

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $589 to $776.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $776Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,000
$500$1Kfacility $776professional $692

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 20th of 51

$692

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.