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Right Heart Catheterization for a Heart Defect

Maine rates for HCPCS 93593

A thin tube is threaded through a vein into the right side of the heart and the lung arteries in a person with a heart defect present from birth, to measure pressures and oxygen levels directly and to map how blood is traveling. Imaging is used to steer the catheter and pictures are recorded during the study. The findings guide decisions about surgery, medication or the timing of further treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Right Heart Catheterization for a Heart Defect cost?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$186 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$2,884 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $10,233Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 28.8 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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.

Maine· 48th of 51

$282

CO $7,079KY $245

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.