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. 2013 Mar 14;36(2):157–165. doi: 10.1007/s10840-013-9782-x

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