Left heart catheterization, diagnostic in Erie, PA
In Erie, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Left heart catheterization, diagnostic (one side of the body): from $12,659.98 to $14,842.20, with a median of $13,751.09. The lowest listed price is at Saint Vincent Health Center.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Erie, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Vincent Health Center one side lowest Erie, PA HC LT HRT CATH S&I | $12,659.98 | $15,439.00 | 18% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Hamot one side Erie, PA LEFT HRT CATH W VENTRCLGRPHY | $14,842.20 | $24,737.00 | 40% | — source file |
One side of the body : lowest $12,659.98, median $13,751.09, highest $14,842.20 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $13,751.09. 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.
| Saint Vincent Health Center Erie, PAPR L HRT CATH W/NJX L VENTRICULOGRAPHY IMG S&I | $116.28 | file |