Heart catheterization cost in Brownsville, TX
In Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for left heart catheterization, diagnostic (one side of the body): from $3,240.00 to $50,453.92, with a median of $26,846.96. The lowest listed price is at Harlingen Medical Center — $23,606.96 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $9,848.25 at 196 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 93452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlingen Medical Center one side lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 LEFT HEART CATH LV ONLY | $3,240.00 | $15,613.50 | $786.92–$12,490.80 | 79% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center one side Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 CATH HRT LT/INJ L VENT | $50,453.92 | $50,453.92 | $300.00–$42,885.83 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
One side of the body : lowest $3,240.00, median $26,846.96, highest $50,453.92 — a 15.6× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.