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Catheter closure of a hole between lower heart chambers

CPT 93581the billing code this page is about

A closure device is delivered through a catheter to seal an opening in the wall between the two lower pumping chambers of the heart.

Hospitals typically charge $16,745 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 889 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $17,550. Most fall between $6,674 and $31,488 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
889
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 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 889 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
$2,862$8,583$16,745$28,506$39,517

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,862 vs $39,517).

How the prices are spread

$1,912 – $2,666: 34 hospitals$1,912$2,666 – $3,717: 24 hospitals$3,717 – $5,182: 27 hospitals$3,717$5,182 – $7,226: 62 hospitals$7,226 – $10,075: 68 hospitals$7,226$10,075 – $14,047: 123 hospitals$14,047 – $19,586: 105 hospitals$14,047$19,586 – $27,308: 169 hospitals$27,308 – $38,075: 132 hospitals$27,308$38,075 – $53,087: 59 hospitals$38,075median $16,745price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (803 of 889 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,912$2,66634
$2,666$3,71724
$3,717$5,18227
$5,182$7,22662
$7,226$10,07568
$10,075$14,047123
$14,047$19,586105
$19,586$27,308169
$27,308$38,075132
$38,075$53,08759

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$18,729
Median cash price$16,745
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.89×

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 $16,745.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $13,961 across 24 hospitalsWA$13,961Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $19,093 across 12 hospitalsMN$19,093Illinois: median $21,994 across 38 hospitalsIL$21,994Wisconsin: median $6,008 across 12 hospitalsWI$6,008Michigan: median $14,679 across 33 hospitalsMI$14,679New York: median $21,249 across 34 hospitalsNY$21,249Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $32,459 across 19 hospitalsOR$32,459Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,862 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,862Indiana: median $6,069 across 25 hospitalsIN$6,069Ohio: median $12,615 across 50 hospitalsOH$12,615Pennsylvania: median $21,054 across 33 hospitalsPA$21,054New Jersey: median $19,876 across 24 hospitalsNJ$19,876Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $23,004 across 79 hospitalsCA$23,004Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $27,539 across 18 hospitalsCO$27,539Nebraska: median $13,206 across 11 hospitalsNE$13,206Missouri: median $20,169 across 24 hospitalsMO$20,169Kentucky: median $16,988 across 16 hospitalsKY$16,988West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $13,795 across 22 hospitalsVA$13,795Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $14,840 across 24 hospitalsAZ$14,840New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $12,224 across 15 hospitalsTN$12,224North Carolina: median $9,595 across 23 hospitalsNC$9,595South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,337 across 24 hospitalsOK$2,337Louisiana: median $10,999 across 20 hospitalsLA$10,999Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $13,111 across 40 hospitalsGA$13,111Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $23,568 across 96 hospitalsTX$23,568Florida: median $29,150 across 57 hospitalsFL$29,150
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $16,745. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR19$32,459+94%$2,358 – $40,237
Florida FL57$29,150+74%$21,289 – $39,517
Colorado CO18$27,539+64%$12,319 – $33,126
Texas TX96$23,568+41%$12,254 – $28,896
California CA79$23,004+37%$11,643 – $36,837
Illinois IL38$21,994+31%$3,373 – $39,479
New York NY34$21,249+27%$15,084 – $22,883
Pennsylvania PA33$21,054+26%$4,041 – $27,552
Missouri MO24$20,169+20%$7,099 – $25,070
New Jersey NJ24$19,876+19%$7,239 – $33,943
Minnesota MN12$19,093+14%$10,966 – $20,236
Kentucky KY16$16,988+1%$7,613 – $72,987
Arizona AZ24$14,840−11%$4,377 – $35,629
Michigan MI33$14,679−12%$1,627 – $26,938
Washington WA24$13,961−17%$6,519 – $36,397
Virginia VA22$13,795−18%$7,314 – $18,837
Nebraska NE11$13,206−21%$7,294 – $17,106
Georgia GA40$13,111−22%$10,185 – $23,714
Ohio OH50$12,615−25%$7,422 – $20,155
Tennessee TN15$12,224−27%$1,912 – $22,920
Louisiana LA20$10,999−34%$6,250 – $20,701
North Carolina NC23$9,595−43%$6,331 – $12,538
Indiana IN25$6,069−64%$1,798 – $21,918
Wisconsin WI12$6,008−64%$6,008 – $13,176
Iowa IA17$2,862−83%$2,862 – $12,033
Oklahoma OK24$2,337−86%$2,300 – $16,370
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $16,745.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care794$17,078$7,294 – $32,459
Children’s40$19,224$4,711 – $31,460
Critical access49$7,340$2,112 – $23,450
Ownership
For-profit112$22,918$9,700 – $41,317
Government95$13,176$7,356 – $22,496
Non-profit676$16,520$6,343 – $31,175
System affiliation
Part of a system816$16,520$6,731 – $31,488
Independent73$19,182$6,668 – $33,122

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$30,797
Median cash price$16,745
Cash as a share of list, median hospital59%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 41%. 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

678 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $16,520 and the average of the middle 60% is $17,843; most fall between $7,395 and $31,460.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 678 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
$2,924$9,595$16,520$28,173$36,837

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,924 vs $36,837).

Of the 714 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 678 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

889 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 939 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted889
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code939

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 Prq Tcat Clsr Cgen Ventr Septal Dfct W/Implt.

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 closure of a hole between lower heart chambers (CPT 93581) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93581-catheter-closure-of-a-hole-between-lower-heart-chambers