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Blood Flow Measurement in Heart Catheterization

Colorado rates for HCPCS 93598

Measures how much blood the heart is pumping while a catheter study of a heart defect present from birth is under way. The measurement is taken through the catheter already sitting in the heart and gives a direct figure that pressure readings alone cannot provide. It is performed in addition to the main catheter study.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Flow Measurement in Heart Catheterization cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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$117$93.33 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,778 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $126 to $8,913Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $41 to $6,457
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $117

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 144.5 times more in Ohio than in New Mexico. 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.

Colorado· 5th of 51

$3,236

OH $6,607NM $45.71

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.