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.
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