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Access to the Left Heart During Catheterization

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 93462

Gains entry to the left side of the heart during a catheter procedure by passing a needle and catheter across the wall between the two upper chambers, or directly through the tip of the heart from the chest. It is used when the left chambers cannot be reached the usual way, and is billed in addition to the main catheter procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Access to the Left Heart During Catheterization cost?

$6,145

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,145 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$209 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$661 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $120 to $17,378Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $195 to $447
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $257

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
$208.93
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
1 more rate 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
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 16.8 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 2nd of 51

$6,145

$257 physician + $5,888 facility

CO $6,184MD $368

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.