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Catheter Study Of The Right Side Of The Heart

Alaska rates for HCPCS 93451

A thin tube is guided through a vein in the neck, arm, or groin into the right side of the heart and the arteries of the lungs, where pressures are measured directly. Oxygen levels in the blood and the amount of blood the heart pumps each minute may be measured during the same study. It is used to assess heart failure, high pressure in the lung arteries, and valve or shunt problems.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Study Of The Right Side Of The Heart cost?

$2,138

Typical physician fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $3,467.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10Kprofessional $2,138

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$2,138

AK $2,138TX $759

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.