Left heart catheterization in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV costs $2,759 to $5,587. Here's every hospital's price.
8 hospitals in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area publish a cash price for left heart catheterization (CPT 93452). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area, 8 hospitals list a cash price for left heart catheterization (CPT 93452). The lowest is $2,759 at Uva Health Prince William Medical Center, the median is $5,587 and the highest is $5,587 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 2.0 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV median of $5,587 is 9% below the national median of $6,156 across 405 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
8 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $682 to $11,406. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.
The files behind these prices are dated between March 2026 and April 2026. 28 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyManassas · 4 mi · File Mar 2026
Haymarket · 8 mi · File Mar 2026
Culpeper · 38 mi · File Mar 2026
Alexandria · 21 mi · File Apr 2026
Leesburg · 17 mi · File Apr 2026
Falls Church · 15 mi · File Apr 2026
Fairfax · 7 mi · File Apr 2026
Alexandria · 23 mi · File Apr 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 93452. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
Cash vs. insured
Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.
What to say on the phone
"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 93452, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About left heart catheterization
CPT 93452 is a diagnostic catheterization of the left side of the heart: a thin tube is threaded from the wrist or groin into the heart to measure pressures and inject dye so the arteries show on X-ray. It is how blockages are confirmed before a stent or bypass is considered. It takes 30 to 60 minutes and most patients go home the same day.
What the price covers
The hospital's price is the facility fee for the catheterization lab: the room, imaging equipment, nursing, catheters, contrast dye and recovery. The cardiologist bills separately, as does anesthesia if used. If a stent is placed during the same procedure, the codes and prices change substantially; this page is the diagnostic study only.
Why prices vary
Cath-lab pricing spans a wide range even within one city, and large systems tend to list the highest gross charges. Negotiated rates with insurers are usually far below gross; cash prices sit somewhere between. Because this is rarely an elective purchase, the practical use of these numbers is to check a bill or choose between two hospitals a cardiologist works at.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for 93452, and does it include contrast and recovery?
- What does the cardiologist charge separately?
- If a stent is needed, what does the procedure become and what does that cost?
Hospitals in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrWebsite blocks automated reading
- Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Children's National HospitalNo price file found
- Fauquier Hospitalcode not in file
- Frederick Health HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- George Washington Univ HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Holy Cross Germantown HospitalNo price file found
- Holy Cross HospitalNo price file found
- Jefferson Medical CenterNo website on record
- Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, INCcode not in file
- Mary Washington HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Medstar Georgetown University Hospitalcode not in file
- Medstar Montgomery Medical Centercode not in file
- Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Centercode not in file
- Medstar Washington Hospital Centercode not in file
- Reston Hospital CenterNo price file found
- Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterFile in an unsupported format
- Sibley Memorial HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterNo price file found
- Stafford Hospital, LLCWebsite blocks automated reading
- Stonesprings Hospital CenterNo price file found
- Suburban HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- United Medical CenterNo price file found
- University of MD Capital Region Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- University of MD Charles Regional Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Virginia Hospital CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Warren Memorial HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading