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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Needle or catheter placed into the aorta through the back

CPT 36160the billing code this page is about

Insertion of a needle or catheter directly into the aorta through the lower back when access through a groin artery is not used.

Hospitals typically charge $932 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 946 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,015. Most fall between $341 and $2,223 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
946
States
46
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – 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 946 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
$200$394$932$1,732$3,534

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($200 vs $3,534).

How the prices are spread

$144 – $204: 61 hospitals$144$204 – $289: 51 hospitals$289 – $410: 89 hospitals$289$410 – $582: 63 hospitals$582 – $825: 98 hospitals$582$825 – $1,170: 138 hospitals$1,170 – $1,659: 146 hospitals$1,170$1,659 – $2,353: 76 hospitals$2,353 – $3,336: 79 hospitals$2,353$3,336 – $4,731: 57 hospitals$3,336median $932price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (858 of 946 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$144$20461
$204$28951
$289$41089
$410$58263
$582$82598
$825$1,170138
$1,170$1,659146
$1,659$2,35376
$2,353$3,33679
$3,336$4,73157

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $932.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $627 across 16 hospitalsWA$627Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $592 across 16 hospitalsMN$592Illinois: median $969 across 42 hospitalsIL$969Wisconsin: median $940 across 42 hospitalsWI$940Michigan: median $1,191 across 47 hospitalsMI$1,191New York: median $632 across 25 hospitalsNY$632Massachusetts: median $827 across 16 hospitalsMA$827Oregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,336 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,336Indiana: median $415 across 31 hospitalsIN$415Ohio: median $970 across 64 hospitalsOH$970Pennsylvania: median $1,648 across 50 hospitalsPA$1,648New Jersey: median $2,680 across 33 hospitalsNJ$2,680Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,557 across 86 hospitalsCA$1,557Utah: median $861 across 23 hospitalsUT$861Colorado: median $920 across 24 hospitalsCO$920Nebraska: median $394 across 14 hospitalsNE$394Missouri: median $664 across 26 hospitalsMO$664Kentucky: median $734 across 11 hospitalsKY$734West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $244 across 13 hospitalsVA$244Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,455 across 21 hospitalsAZ$1,455New Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $316 across 11 hospitalsAR$316Tennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $324 across 14 hospitalsNC$324South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $201 across 19 hospitalsOK$201Louisiana: median $369 across 14 hospitalsLA$369Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,068 across 45 hospitalsGA$1,068Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $1,280 across 77 hospitalsTX$1,280Florida: median $1,321 across 62 hospitalsFL$1,321
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $932. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ33$2,680+188%$146 – $5,419
Pennsylvania PA50$1,648+77%$98 – $2,645
California CA86$1,557+67%$432 – $2,610
Arizona AZ21$1,455+56%$250 – $3,604
Iowa IA19$1,336+43%$1,336 – $1,738
Florida FL62$1,321+42%$947 – $2,252
Texas TX77$1,280+37%$343 – $1,561
Michigan MI47$1,191+28%$643 – $3,056
Georgia GA45$1,068+15%$297 – $3,707
Ohio OH64$970+4%$859 – $1,347
Illinois IL42$969+4%$354 – $1,953
Wisconsin WI42$940+1%$695 – $1,067
Colorado CO24$920−1%$627 – $4,233
Utah UT23$861−8%$861 – $1,013
Massachusetts MA16$827−11%$221 – $1,805
Kentucky KY11$734−21%$321 – $2,409
Missouri MO26$664−29%$398 – $876
New York NY25$632−32%$345 – $1,626
Washington WA16$627−33%$539 – $2,411
Minnesota MN16$592−36%$592 – $2,465
Indiana IN31$415−55%$159 – $919
Nebraska NE14$394−58%$353 – $677
Louisiana LA14$369−60%$253 – $1,460
North Carolina NC14$324−65%$224 – $603
Arkansas AR11$316−66%$144 – $534
Virginia VA13$244−74%$244 – $509
Oklahoma OK19$201−78%$74 – $201
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $932.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care842$932$318 – $2,223
Children’s22$626$535 – $2,348
Critical access76$940$632 – $1,455
Ownership
For-profit94$1,221$351 – $3,056
Government83$734$220 – $1,692
Non-profit763$934$343 – $2,223
System affiliation
Part of a system832$940$353 – $2,252
Independent114$579$253 – $1,754

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,542
Median cash price$932
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

787 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $940 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,055; most fall between $343 and $2,252.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 787 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
$201$385$940$1,770$3,326

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($201 vs $3,326).

Of the 853 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 787 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 44 a list price only.

How complete is this

946 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,057 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted946
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded76
Hospitals that filed this code1,057

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other vascular catheterization, not heart family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Intro Needle/Intracath Aortic Translumbar.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Needle or catheter placed into the aorta through the back (CPT 36160) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36160-needle-or-catheter-placed-into-the-aorta-through-the-back