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Catheter nerve ablation of kidney artery, one side

CPT 0338Tthe billing code this page is about

A catheter is threaded into the artery of one kidney and energy is applied to interrupt nearby sympathetic nerves; includes the imaging guidance used during the procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $7,913 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 375 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $8,162. Most fall between $4,407 and $12,134 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
375
States
38
Filings dated
Jun 2025 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 375 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$3,391$5,067$7,913$11,860$19,449

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,391 vs $19,449).

How the prices are spread

$2,510 – $3,167: 20 hospitals$2,510$3,167 – $3,997: 25 hospitals$3,997 – $5,043: 26 hospitals$3,997$5,043 – $6,364: 67 hospitals$6,364 – $8,030: 35 hospitals$6,364$8,030 – $10,132: 37 hospitals$10,132 – $12,785: 78 hospitals$10,132$12,785 – $16,133: 21 hospitals$16,133 – $20,357: 15 hospitals$16,133$20,357 – $25,688: 17 hospitals$20,357median $7,913price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (341 of 375 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2,510$3,16720
$3,167$3,99725
$3,997$5,04326
$5,043$6,36467
$6,364$8,03035
$8,030$10,13237
$10,132$12,78578
$12,785$16,13321
$16,133$20,35715
$20,357$25,68817

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,815
Median cash price$7,913
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.36×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $7,913.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $13,141 across 10 hospitalsWA$13,141Idaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $11,885 across 11 hospitalsIL$11,885Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $6,756 across 12 hospitalsNY$6,756Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $5,323 across 18 hospitalsIN$5,323Ohio: median $6,671 across 23 hospitalsOH$6,671Pennsylvania: median $6,724 across 19 hospitalsPA$6,724New Jersey: median $22,719 across 13 hospitalsNJ$22,719Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,222 across 44 hospitalsCA$11,222Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $5,052 across 14 hospitalsCO$5,052Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,916 across 12 hospitalsTN$2,916North Carolina: median $9,467 across 15 hospitalsNC$9,467South Carolina: median $19,791 across 10 hospitalsSC$19,791Oklahoma: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,800 across 20 hospitalsGA$3,800Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $6,293 across 59 hospitalsTX$6,293Florida: median $10,144 across 17 hospitalsFL$10,144
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $7,913. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$22,719+187%$1,616 – $29,432
South Carolina SC10$19,791+150%$7,104 – $22,238
Washington WA10$13,141+66%$13,141 – $13,141
Illinois IL11$11,885+50%$4,680 – $19,449
California CA44$11,222+42%$9,891 – $11,860
Florida FL17$10,144+28%$10,144 – $15,998
North Carolina NC15$9,467+20%$4,387 – $9,467
New York NY12$6,756−15%$1,875 – $11,647
Pennsylvania PA19$6,724−15%$6,423 – $28,304
Ohio OH23$6,671−16%$4,077 – $9,065
Texas TX59$6,293−20%$5,076 – $20,954
Indiana IN18$5,323−33%$4,013 – $11,118
Colorado CO14$5,052−36%$4,197 – $5,669
Georgia GA20$3,800−52%$3,800 – $17,666
Tennessee TN12$2,916−63%$2,510 – $7,226
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $7,913.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care354$8,177$4,387 – $12,348
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access16fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit49$6,671$4,013 – $20,954
Government42$9,467$4,197 – $11,100
Non-profit282$7,411$4,774 – $12,134
System affiliation
Part of a system345$7,340$4,407 – $11,885
Independent30$9,148$3,250 – $18,078

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$14,134
Median cash price$7,913
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

308 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $7,340 and the average of the middle 60% is $8,099; most fall between $4,579 and $11,860.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 308 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$3,433$5,052$7,340$11,647$15,998

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,433 vs $15,998).

Of the 325 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 308 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

375 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 408 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted375
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here17
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code408

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Transcatheter Renal Sympath Denervation Unilat.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Catheter nerve ablation of kidney artery, one side (CPT 0338T) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-0338t-catheter-nerve-ablation-of-kidney-artery-one-side