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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Catheter placed into the aorta

CPT 36200the billing code this page is about

Threading a catheter into the aorta, the body's main artery, usually to inject contrast for imaging; the catheter is not steered into a branch.

Hospitals typically charge $1,244 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,887 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,349. Most fall between $512 and $2,598 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,887
States
50
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 1,887 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
$289$636$1,244$2,256$4,053

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($289 vs $4,053).

How the prices are spread

$189 – $267: 79 hospitals$189$267 – $378: 87 hospitals$378 – $534: 130 hospitals$378$534 – $756: 168 hospitals$756 – $1,069: 278 hospitals$756$1,069 – $1,512: 257 hospitals$1,512 – $2,139: 296 hospitals$1,512$2,139 – $3,026: 240 hospitals$3,026 – $4,280: 75 hospitals$3,026$4,280 – $6,055: 91 hospitals$4,280median $1,244price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,701 of 1,887 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$189$26779
$267$37887
$378$534130
$534$756168
$756$1,069278
$1,069$1,512257
$1,512$2,139296
$2,139$3,026240
$3,026$4,28075
$4,280$6,05591

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,244.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,916 across 35 hospitalsWA$1,916Idaho: median $1,606 across 12 hospitalsID$1,606Montana: median $959 across 11 hospitalsMT$959North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,082 across 38 hospitalsMN$1,082Illinois: median $1,256 across 84 hospitalsIL$1,256Wisconsin: median $1,060 across 62 hospitalsWI$1,060Michigan: median $1,491 across 63 hospitalsMI$1,491New York: median $826 across 66 hospitalsNY$826Massachusetts: median $751 across 28 hospitalsMA$751Oregon: median $912 across 31 hospitalsOR$912Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,418 across 10 hospitalsSD$1,418Iowa: median $1,434 across 25 hospitalsIA$1,434Indiana: median $967 across 52 hospitalsIN$967Ohio: median $1,604 across 109 hospitalsOH$1,604Pennsylvania: median $1,481 across 95 hospitalsPA$1,481New Jersey: median $2,875 across 38 hospitalsNJ$2,875Connecticut: median $1,650 across 16 hospitalsCT$1,650Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,278 across 139 hospitalsCA$2,278Utah: median $1,606 across 28 hospitalsUT$1,606Colorado: median $1,445 across 37 hospitalsCO$1,445Nebraska: median $1,033 across 21 hospitalsNE$1,033Missouri: median $982 across 51 hospitalsMO$982Kentucky: median $605 across 23 hospitalsKY$605West Virginia: median $863 across 15 hospitalsWV$863Virginia: median $941 across 45 hospitalsVA$941Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $869 across 33 hospitalsAZ$869New Mexico: median $466 across 10 hospitalsNM$466Kansas: median $672 across 26 hospitalsKS$672Arkansas: median $411 across 18 hospitalsAR$411Tennessee: median $362 across 47 hospitalsTN$362North Carolina: median $1,244 across 52 hospitalsNC$1,244South Carolina: median $603 across 36 hospitalsSC$603Oklahoma: median $666 across 34 hospitalsOK$666Louisiana: median $741 across 41 hospitalsLA$741Mississippi: median $801 across 30 hospitalsMS$801Alabama: median $772 across 29 hospitalsAL$772Georgia: median $1,463 across 64 hospitalsGA$1,463Hawaii: median $712 across 11 hospitalsHI$712Texas: median $1,654 across 168 hospitalsTX$1,654Florida: median $1,601 across 95 hospitalsFL$1,601
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,244. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ38$2,875+131%$652 – $5,643
California CA139$2,278+83%$761 – $3,948
Washington WA35$1,916+54%$1,110 – $3,826
Texas TX168$1,654+33%$453 – $3,626
Connecticut CT16$1,650+33%$907 – $2,527
Idaho ID12$1,606+29%$1,302 – $3,435
Utah UT28$1,606+29%$944 – $1,889
Ohio OH109$1,604+29%$801 – $2,111
Florida FL95$1,601+29%$842 – $2,783
Michigan MI63$1,491+20%$823 – $3,199
Pennsylvania PA95$1,481+19%$297 – $3,559
Georgia GA64$1,463+18%$865 – $2,631
Colorado CO37$1,445+16%$721 – $2,293
Iowa IA25$1,434+15%$518 – $2,260
South Dakota SD10$1,418+14%$1,418 – $2,149
Illinois IL84$1,256+1%$557 – $2,375
North Carolina NC52$1,2440%$605 – $1,941
Minnesota MN38$1,082−13%$632 – $1,693
Wisconsin WI62$1,060−15%$669 – $1,636
Nebraska NE21$1,033−17%$765 – $1,257
Missouri MO51$982−21%$648 – $1,678
Indiana IN52$967−22%$645 – $1,611
Montana MT11$959−23%$959 – $1,112
Virginia VA45$941−24%$337 – $2,650
Oregon OR31$912−27%$391 – $1,230
Arizona AZ33$869−30%$429 – $2,671
West Virginia WV15$863−31%$436 – $1,757
New York NY66$826−34%$344 – $4,595
Mississippi MS30$801−36%$419 – $1,230
Alabama AL29$772−38%$174 – $1,951
Massachusetts MA28$751−40%$345 – $2,736
Louisiana LA41$741−40%$455 – $2,047
Hawaii HI11$712−43%$489 – $1,273
Kansas KS26$672−46%$330 – $1,164
Oklahoma OK34$666−46%$238 – $1,653
Kentucky KY23$605−51%$453 – $2,381
South Carolina SC36$603−52%$594 – $1,455
New Mexico NM10$466−63%$287 – $1,263
Arkansas AR18$411−67%$262 – $881
Tennessee TN47$362−71%$140 – $790
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not 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 $1,244.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,668$1,244$498 – $2,598
Children’s44$1,982$489 – $5,517
Critical access166$976$652 – $1,606
Ownership
For-profit235$1,601$692 – $4,019
Government230$999$400 – $1,941
Non-profit1,413$1,244$512 – $2,598
System affiliation
Part of a system1,620$1,248$554 – $2,598
Independent267$1,089$344 – $2,230

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,141
Median cash price$1,244
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

1,465 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,314 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,388; most fall between $569 and $2,593.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,465 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
$318$658$1,314$2,278$3,559

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($318 vs $3,559).

Of the 1,572 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,465 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 73 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,887 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,089 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,887
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here68
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded130
Hospitals that filed this code2,089

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 PR Place Cath Aorta.

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, “Catheter placed into the aorta (CPT 36200) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36200-catheter-placed-into-the-aorta