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Heart Catheterization Crossing An Intact Wall

California rates for HCPCS 93532

A thin tube is threaded through a vein into the right side of the heart and then across to the left side by making a small puncture through the intact wall between the two upper chambers. Pressures, oxygen levels, and blood flow are measured on both sides, in a person born with a heart defect.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Catheterization Crossing An Intact Wall cost?

$16,218

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,218 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13,183 to $23,442.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $11,749 to $28,840Professionalmedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $20,417
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $16,218professional $16,596

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,079.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where California sits

The same service costs 549.5 times more in North Carolina than in South Carolina. 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.

California· 2nd of 40

$16,218

NC $16,596SC $30.20

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.