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Right Heart Catheterization for a Heart Defect

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 93594

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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$617$479 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,020 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $912 to $11,220Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $617

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
$7,244.36
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 23.4 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$1,122

CO $6,761KY $288

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.