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Catheter Closure of a Hole Between Heart Chambers

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 93581

A thin tube is threaded through a blood vessel into the heart, and a small closure device is opened out across a hole in the wall between the two lower pumping chambers, sealing it. This avoids opening the chest and stopping the heart, as an open repair would need.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Closure of a Hole Between Heart Chambers cost?

$9,021

Typical total for the visit. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,021 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$1,230 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$4,074 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $33,884
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K$50.0K$100.0Kfacility $7,762professional $1,259

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
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$75,857.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$95,499.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeWashington, DC $9,021 · 21st of 50
IN $40,453WV $2,729

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.