go back

Right Heart Catheterization for a Heart Defect

South Dakota 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 July 2026.

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

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$234 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$347 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,918Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,585
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $4,365professional $363

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

South Dakota $389 · 41st of 51
NJ $10,965MD $219

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.