Left heart catheterization, diagnostic in Akron, OH
In Akron, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Left heart catheterization, diagnostic: from $762.60 to $35,931.00, with a median of $12,021.10. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jun 15, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Akron, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron lowest Akron, OH PR L HRT CATH W/NJX L VENTRICULOGRAPHY IMG S&I | $762.60 | $1,271.00 | 40% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH L HRT CATH W/NJX L VENTRICULOGRAPHY IMG S&I | $12,021.10 | $18,494.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OH HB CATH-RETRO L HEART | $35,931.00 | $47,908.00 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $762.60, median $12,021.10, highest $35,931.00 — a 47.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $12,021.10. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
A left heart catheterization threads a thin tube through an artery in the wrist or groin to the left side of the heart to measure pressures and, when performed, take X-ray pictures of the heart's main pumping chamber. This code does not include pictures of the coronary arteries.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the cath lab and recovery. The cardiologist's fee, sedation, and any coronary angiography or stent placement (billed under other codes) are separate.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93452 ($6,824.35). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OHPR LEFT HEART CATH INJECT VETRICULOGRAPHY, IMAGE SUPERVISE/INTER | $0.60 | file |