Left heart catheterization, diagnostic in St. Louis, MO-IL
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Left heart catheterization, diagnostic: from $7,407.36 to $26,007.45, with a median of $16,707.41. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital South.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital South one side lowest Saint Louis, MO Lt Heart Cath Including Inj Lt Ventriculography, S/I | $4,179.50 | $6,430.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson one side Festus, MO Lt Heart Cath Including Inj Lt Ventriculography, S/I | $5,430.10 | $8,354.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital St Louis one side Saint Louis, MO Lt Heart Cath Including Inj Lt Ventriculography, S/I | $5,682.30 | $8,742.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities dba Mercy Hospital Washington one side Washington, MO Lt Heart Cath Including Inj Lt Ventriculography, S/I | $5,682.30 | $8,742.00 | 35% | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC LHC ONLY NO COROS 93452 | $7,407.36 | $10,288.00 | 28% | — source file |
| American Healthcare Systems Illinois LLC Granite City, IL CC-LHC VENT PUNC | $26,007.45 | $43,345.75 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $7,407.36, median $16,707.41, highest $26,007.45 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.
One side of the body : lowest $4,179.50, median $5,556.20, highest $5,682.30 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $16,707.41. 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.