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Catheter Study Of The Right Side Of The Heart

Pennsylvania 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 October 2026.

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

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$832 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,738 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,000

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
$831.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,135.61
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,000.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
2 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
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. 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.

Pennsylvania· 28th of 51

$1,318

WI $3,467NY $813

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.