This is the placement of a small flexible catheter and mesh tube with a medication put into it to open a blocked heart artery. This care bundle includes 4 visits with a cardiologist, 1 before the procedure and 3 after.
The cost information on this website is estimated and is based on roughly 67.6 million claims from a set of insurers and their reported negotiated rates with providers. These estimates are trended to and considered valid through July 1, 2019 based upon claims paid between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017.
$ 40,383
39,643
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This procedure includes the following steps and procedures. Costs are broken out by step.
A visit with a primary care physician for a moderate problem
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$ 970
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Imaging Studies (X-ray and Nuclear Scans)
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$ 1,357
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NA
A special catheter and mesh tube are inserted to open a narrowed or blocked heart artery
NATIONAL
$ 37,637
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NA
Three follow up office visits after you have left the hospital
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$ 419
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NA
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$ 40,383
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Before you see your health care provider, learn more about this procedure, treatment or test. Remember that individual treatment plans and patient experiences may vary. This information is provided to help you understand what may happen during your visit or treatment.
Before the angioplasty procedure begins, you will receive some pain medicine. You may also be given medicine that relaxes you, and blood thinning medicines to prevent a blood clot from forming.
You will lie on a padded table. Your doctor will insert a flexible tube (catheter) through a surgical cut into an artery. Sometimes the catheter will be placed in your arm or wrist, or in your upper leg or groin area. You will be awake during the procedure. The doctor will use live x-ray pictures to carefully guide the catheter up into your heart and arteries. Dye will be injected into your body to highlight blood flow through the arteries. This helps the doctor see any blockages in the blood vessels that lead to your heart. A guide wire is moved into and across the blockage. A balloon catheter is pushed over the guide wire and into the blockage. The balloon on the end is blown up (inflated). This opens the blocked vessel and restores proper blood flow to the heart. A wire mesh tube (stent) may then be placed in this blocked area. The stent is inserted along with the balloon catheter. It expands when the balloon is inflated. The stent is left there to help keep the artery open. The stent may be coated with a drug (called a drug-eluting stent). This type of stent may lower the chance of the artery closing back up in the future. Currently, drug-eluting stents are used only for certain patients. Angioplasty is often performed when you go to the hospital or emergency room for chest pain, or after a heart attack. If you are admitted to the hospital for angioplasty: The average hospital stay is 2 days or less. Some people may not even have to stay overnight in the hospital.
Sometimes there are things you can do that may positively affect your outcome. Here are some examples. Be sure to follow any instructions given to you by your provider.
To get the best quality of care, be informed! Don’t be afraid to ask for a clearer explanation or to ask questions. Consider these topics when talking with your provider.
Here are some other procedures and tests that may relate to your condition, or could serve as alternative options to explore with your provider. Remember that individual treatment plans and patient experiences may vary.
This is when a small flexible tube is fed through a blood vessel in the groin into the heart to diagnose a variety of heart conditions. This care bundle includes an office visit before and after the surgical procedure.
This condition occurs when the arteries that carry blood and oxygen to the heart muscle become narrowed or clogged. This care bundle includes 3 visits with a cardiologist and diagnostic testing.
This test uses a radioactive substance to create detailed images of blood flow to the heart muscle.
A test that uses both a heart stress test and ultrasound to diagnose problems with your heart and coronary arteries.
This test uses different types of ultrasounds (sound waves) to create images of the heart and the flow of blood through the heart.