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Right Heart Catheterization for a Heart Defect

Texas 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$245 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$3,890 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,549
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,918professional $1,175

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$660.69
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$13,489.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,819,700.86
Typical High
$2,398,832.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
11 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$37.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 17th of 51

$2,818

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.