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Catheter suction removal of a mass inside the heart

CPT 0644Tthe billing code this page is about

A tube is threaded through a blood vessel into the heart and a suction device is used to remove or break up a mass such as a clot or infected growth, without open surgery.

Hospitals typically charge $6,525 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 458 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,671. Most fall between $3,436 and $11,680 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
458
States
42
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 458 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$2,959$3,769$6,525$10,705$14,866

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,959 vs $14,866).

How the prices are spread

$2,379 – $3,032: 26 hospitals$2,379$3,032 – $3,862: 89 hospitals$3,862 – $4,921: 28 hospitals$3,862$4,921 – $6,270: 53 hospitals$6,270 – $7,989: 72 hospitals$6,270$7,989 – $10,178: 50 hospitals$10,178 – $12,968: 49 hospitals$10,178$12,968 – $16,523: 25 hospitals$16,523 – $21,052: 9 hospitals$16,523$21,052 – $26,822: 13 hospitals$21,052median $6,525price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (414 of 458 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2,379$3,03226
$3,032$3,86289
$3,862$4,92128
$4,921$6,27053
$6,270$7,98972
$7,989$10,17850
$10,178$12,96849
$12,968$16,52325
$16,523$21,0529
$21,052$26,82213

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,815
Median cash price$6,525
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.12×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $6,525.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,043 across 23 hospitalsMN$6,043Illinois: median $12,825 across 21 hospitalsIL$12,825Wisconsin: median $5,426 across 10 hospitalsWI$5,426Michigan: median $3,386 across 23 hospitalsMI$3,386New York: median $6,756 across 15 hospitalsNY$6,756Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,230 across 13 hospitalsIA$3,230Indiana: median $4,340 across 26 hospitalsIN$4,340Ohio: median $6,627 across 17 hospitalsOH$6,627Pennsylvania: median $6,724 across 14 hospitalsPA$6,724New Jersey: median $10,430 across 12 hospitalsNJ$10,430Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,769 across 37 hospitalsCA$3,769Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $8,631 across 10 hospitalsCO$8,631Nebraska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,791 across 17 hospitalsVA$2,791Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,403 across 19 hospitalsTN$2,403North Carolina: median $11,076 across 14 hospitalsNC$11,076South Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,751 across 22 hospitalsGA$3,751Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,822 across 66 hospitalsTX$6,822Florida: median $9,698 across 23 hospitalsFL$9,698
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,525. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Illinois IL21$12,825+97%$5,460 – $12,825
North Carolina NC14$11,076+70%$4,058 – $11,076
New Jersey NJ12$10,430+60%$6,616 – $22,799
Florida FL23$9,698+49%$5,472 – $9,698
Colorado CO10$8,631+32%$7,740 – $8,631
Texas TX66$6,822+5%$6,202 – $25,616
New York NY15$6,756+4%$3,642 – $7,766
Pennsylvania PA14$6,724+3%$4,987 – $14,528
Ohio OH17$6,627+2%$5,115 – $6,627
Minnesota MN23$6,043−7%$3,095 – $10,705
Wisconsin WI10$5,426−17%$5,426 – $9,428
Indiana IN26$4,340−33%$3,058 – $6,653
California CA37$3,769−42%$3,769 – $13,332
Georgia GA22$3,751−43%$3,410 – $13,401
Michigan MI23$3,386−48%$3,328 – $9,544
Iowa IA13$3,230−51%$3,230 – $3,230
Virginia VA17$2,791−57%$2,403 – $6,764
Tennessee TN19$2,403−63%$2,403 – $3,812
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $6,525.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care410$6,627$3,436 – $11,680
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access38$5,426$3,328 – $10,705
Ownership
For-profit56$8,211$3,812 – $33,438
Government48$6,839$3,349 – $11,076
Non-profit353$6,202$3,386 – $10,705
System affiliation
Part of a system423$6,497$3,436 – $11,076
Independent35$8,705$3,990 – $18,098

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$12,505
Median cash price$6,525
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

356 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $6,471 and the average of the middle 60% is $6,279; most fall between $3,410 and $10,705.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 356 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$2,764$3,751$6,471$9,174$13,082

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,764 vs $13,082).

Of the 378 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 356 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

458 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 489 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted458
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code489

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR heart procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tcat Rmvl/Debulk Icar Mass Suction Device Perq.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Catheter suction removal of a mass inside the heart (CPT 0644T) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-0644t-catheter-suction-removal-of-a-mass-inside-the-heart