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Procedure price report · Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography

Right and left heart catheter study for a birth heart defect

CPT 93596the billing code this page is about

A thin tube is passed into both the right and left sides of the heart to measure pressures and blood flow in a person born with a heart defect whose heart connections are in the normal positions.

Hospitals typically charge $6,214 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 741 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,800. Most fall between $3,417 and $12,021 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
741
States
47
Filings dated
Feb 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 741 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
$2,269$3,759$6,214$10,624$16,502

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,269 vs $16,502).

How the prices are spread

$1,183 – $1,606: 9 hospitals$1,183$1,606 – $2,180: 21 hospitals$2,180 – $2,959: 44 hospitals$2,180$2,959 – $4,017: 105 hospitals$4,017 – $5,453: 89 hospitals$4,017$5,453 – $7,403: 118 hospitals$7,403 – $10,050: 105 hospitals$7,403$10,050 – $13,643: 97 hospitals$13,643 – $18,520: 56 hospitals$13,643$18,520 – $25,142: 23 hospitals$18,520median $6,214price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (667 of 741 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,183$1,6069
$1,606$2,18021
$2,180$2,95944
$2,959$4,017105
$4,017$5,45389
$5,453$7,403118
$7,403$10,050105
$10,050$13,64397
$13,643$18,52056
$18,520$25,14223

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,312
Median cash price$6,214
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.88×

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 $6,214.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $8,352 across 18 hospitalsWA$8,352Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,168 across 25 hospitalsMN$8,168Illinois: median $6,306 across 26 hospitalsIL$6,306Wisconsin: median $11,430 across 29 hospitalsWI$11,430Michigan: median $4,629 across 24 hospitalsMI$4,629New York: median $3,848 across 35 hospitalsNY$3,848Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $7,736 across 14 hospitalsOR$7,736Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $12,411 across 24 hospitalsIN$12,411Ohio: median $8,230 across 25 hospitalsOH$8,230Pennsylvania: median $4,677 across 30 hospitalsPA$4,677New Jersey: median $3,750 across 26 hospitalsNJ$3,750Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,104 across 80 hospitalsCA$6,104Utah: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $12,157 across 22 hospitalsCO$12,157Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $7,268 across 11 hospitalsMO$7,268Kentucky: median $4,911 across 17 hospitalsKY$4,911West Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $6,963 across 25 hospitalsVA$6,963Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,293 across 11 hospitalsAZ$2,293New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $4,255 across 25 hospitalsNC$4,255South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $3,581 across 10 hospitalsLA$3,581Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,108 across 24 hospitalsGA$7,108Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,578 across 83 hospitalsTX$8,578Florida: median $7,456 across 38 hospitalsFL$7,456
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,214. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Indiana IN24$12,411+100%$6,380 – $18,703
Colorado CO22$12,157+96%$4,818 – $27,178
Wisconsin WI29$11,430+84%$1,608 – $11,430
Texas TX83$8,578+38%$4,508 – $10,607
Washington WA18$8,352+34%$6,649 – $9,996
Ohio OH25$8,230+32%$4,342 – $23,639
Minnesota MN25$8,168+31%$3,417 – $10,176
Oregon OR14$7,736+24%$415 – $9,328
Florida FL38$7,456+20%$5,752 – $9,675
Missouri MO11$7,268+17%$5,099 – $9,730
Georgia GA24$7,108+14%$4,881 – $15,833
Virginia VA25$6,963+12%$2,989 – $12,512
Illinois IL26$6,306+1%$571 – $9,557
California CA80$6,104−2%$3,899 – $12,734
Kentucky KY17$4,911−21%$1,340 – $16,502
Pennsylvania PA30$4,677−25%$3,314 – $7,898
Michigan MI24$4,629−26%$3,398 – $11,430
North Carolina NC25$4,255−32%$2,914 – $13,797
New York NY35$3,848−38%$3,806 – $7,503
New Jersey NJ26$3,750−40%$3,515 – $4,334
Louisiana LA10$3,581−42%$2,221 – $5,640
Arizona AZ11$2,293−63%$2,064 – $3,978
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $6,214.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care643$6,104$3,417 – $11,392
Children’s41$9,557$3,824 – $20,708
Critical access54$10,176$1,608 – $14,179
Ownership
For-profit67$8,358$2,893 – $15,333
Government79$7,001$3,388 – $10,954
Non-profit592$6,125$3,417 – $11,876
System affiliation
Part of a system659$6,243$3,417 – $12,021
Independent82$5,851$3,240 – $12,734

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$11,897
Median cash price$6,214
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

557 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $7,035 and the average of the middle 60% is $7,221; most fall between $3,638 and $11,634.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 557 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
$2,556$4,195$7,035$10,607$14,871

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,556 vs $14,871).

Of the 595 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 557 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

741 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 801 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted741
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
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 — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code801

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 Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as R&L Hrt Cath Chd Img Cath Trgt Zone Nml Nt Connj|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “Right and left heart catheter study for a birth heart defect (CPT 93596) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93596-right-and-left-heart-catheter-study-for-a-birth-heart-defect