Left heart catheterization, diagnostic in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Left heart catheterization, diagnostic: from $876.96 to $6,832.68, with a median of $6,832.68. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN L HRT CATH W/NJX L VENTRICULOGRAPHY IMG S&I | $876.96 | $3,024.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital one side Lebanon, TN HC CATH LEFT HEART W/ VENTRCLGRPH | $4,772.24 | $16,456.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN LHC W/ LV ONLY | $6,832.68 | $22,775.60 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN LHC W/ LV ONLY | $6,832.68 | $22,775.60 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN LHC W/ LV ONLY | $6,832.68 | $22,775.60 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN LHC W/ LV ONLY | $6,832.68 | $22,775.60 | 70% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $876.96, median $6,832.68, highest $6,832.68 — a 7.8× difference within the same market.
One side of the body : lowest $4,772.24, median $4,772.24, highest $4,772.24.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $6,832.68. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,772.24. 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.