Table 2.
Cost of catheters including required cables, patches, and robotic drive units in US$
| Ablation catheters, cables, patches, and equipment | |||||||
| Biosense Webster | St. Jude | Boston Scientific | Stereotaxis | Medtronic | |||
| Non-navigation | Navigation | Magnetic navigation | |||||
| Closed irrigated tip | $1,690 | ||||||
| Closed irrigated tip cable | $375 | ||||||
| Closed irrigated tip tubing | $80 | ||||||
| Open irrigated tip unidirectional | $1,500 | $2,800a | $1,525 | ||||
| Open irrigated tip bidirectional | $1,700 | $3,000 a | $1,900 | ||||
| Open irrigated stereotaxis | $2,400b | ||||||
| Catheter advancement system | $1,200 b | ||||||
| Cable | $400 | $400 | $400 | $170 | |||
| Navigation patch | $420 | $420 | $1,045 | ||||
| Ablation patch | $18 | $12 | |||||
| Irrigation tubing | $90 | $90 | $90 | $100 | |||
| Cryoablation balloon | $6,500c | ||||||
| Cryoablation focal ablation | $3,095 c | ||||||
| Cryoablation cable | $215 c | ||||||
| Cryoablation coaxial umbilical | $145 c | ||||||
| Mapping catheters, cables, patches, and equipment | |||||||
| Biosense Webster | St. Jude | Boston Scientific | Stereotaxis | Medtronic | |||
| Non-navigation | Navigation | Magnetic navigation | |||||
| Duodecapolar unidirectional | $1,200 | $1,200 a | $1,200 b | $1,150 | |||
| Duodecapolar unidirectional cable | $250 | $250 | $250 | $220 | |||
| Duodecapolar bidirectional | $1,400 | ||||||
| Duodecapolar bidirectional cable | $250 | ||||||
| Circular fixed 10 pole | $1,200 | $1,540 a | |||||
| Circular fixed 20 pole | $1,400 | $1,700 a | $1,500 c | ||||
| Circular fixed cable | $250 | $250 | $250 c | ||||
| Circular variable 10 pole | $1,800 | $1,700 a | $1,700 | ||||
| Circular variable 20 pole | $1,800 | $1,800 a | |||||
| Circular variable cable | $250 | $250 | $110 | ||||
| Catheter advancement system | $250 b | ||||||
| Intracardic echocardiography catheters, transseptal needles and cables, and transseptal sheaths | |||||||
| Biosense Webster | St. Jude | Boston Scientific | Baylis | Medtronic | |||
| ICE catheter | $2,800 | $2,640 | $1,050d | ||||
| Transseptal needle | $175 | $240 | $495 | ||||
| Transseptal RF cable | $150 | ||||||
| Transseptal sheath | $175 | $225 | |||||
| Transseptal sheath steerable | $999 | ||||||
| Cryoablation balloon sheath | $1,800 c | ||||||
| Cryoablation focal sheath | $1,200 c | ||||||
aRequired for Carto™ 3 Mapping System
bRequired for magnetic navigation
cRequired for cryoablation
dRequires separate echo machine for $131,400 thus number needed to begin saving = 82.6 cases