Cost of cardiovascular procedures in ASCs vs. HOPDs

Most cardiovascular procedures are more cost effective at ASCs than hospital outpatient departments for Medicare patients, according to the Medicare.gov procedure price lookup tool. 

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By: Patsy Newitt

Here are the costs of eight common cardiovascular procedure:

Code 93458: Catheter placement in coronary artery for coronary angiography 

ASC: $382

HOPD: $919

Code 37238: Transcatheter placement of an intravascular stent 

ASC: $1,397

HOPD: $1,690

Code 37609: Litigation or biopsy, temporal artery 

ASC: $176

HOPD: $348

Code 33206: Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker with transvenous electrodes 

ASC: $1,530

HOPD: $1,719

Code 78472: Cardiac blood pool imaging 

ASC: $50

HOPD: $86

Code 75574: Computed tomographic angiography, heart, coronary arteries and bypass grafts

ASC: $40

HOPD: $56

Code 78452: Myocardial perfusion imaging

ASC: $161

HOPD: $284

Code 93451: Right heart catheterization including measurement of oxygen saturation

ASC: $350

HOPD: $886

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