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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Catheter steered into a third or deeper chest or neck artery

CPT 36217the billing code this page is about

Selective placement of a catheter into a third-order or more distant artery in the chest, head, or arm circulation, the deepest level of selective access in this family.

Hospitals typically charge $1,803 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,728 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,907. Most fall between $730 and $3,723 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,728
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 1,728 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
$483$902$1,803$3,176$5,741

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($483 vs $5,741).

How the prices are spread

$361 – $488: 93 hospitals$361$488 – $660: 106 hospitals$660 – $891: 141 hospitals$660$891 – $1,204: 190 hospitals$1,204 – $1,627: 184 hospitals$1,204$1,627 – $2,199: 230 hospitals$2,199 – $2,971: 197 hospitals$2,199$2,971 – $4,015: 204 hospitals$4,015 – $5,425: 114 hospitals$4,015$5,425 – $7,330: 97 hospitals$5,425median $1,803price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,556 of 1,728 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$361$48893
$488$660106
$660$891141
$891$1,204190
$1,204$1,627184
$1,627$2,199230
$2,199$2,971197
$2,971$4,015204
$4,015$5,425114
$5,425$7,33097

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,803.

Alaska: 4 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,754 across 44 hospitalsWA$1,754Idaho: median $3,199 across 11 hospitalsID$3,199Montana: median $2,540 across 10 hospitalsMT$2,540North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,865 across 39 hospitalsMN$1,865Illinois: median $2,340 across 79 hospitalsIL$2,340Wisconsin: median $1,455 across 58 hospitalsWI$1,455Michigan: median $2,000 across 63 hospitalsMI$2,000New York: median $1,395 across 48 hospitalsNY$1,395Massachusetts: median $1,284 across 22 hospitalsMA$1,284Oregon: median $1,392 across 30 hospitalsOR$1,392Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,265 across 21 hospitalsIA$2,265Indiana: median $1,585 across 51 hospitalsIN$1,585Ohio: median $1,518 across 96 hospitalsOH$1,518Pennsylvania: median $2,763 across 84 hospitalsPA$2,763New Jersey: median $3,485 across 40 hospitalsNJ$3,485Connecticut: median $2,235 across 14 hospitalsCT$2,235Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,026 across 133 hospitalsCA$3,026Utah: median $2,610 across 26 hospitalsUT$2,610Colorado: median $2,088 across 35 hospitalsCO$2,088Nebraska: median $1,247 across 18 hospitalsNE$1,247Missouri: median $1,359 across 44 hospitalsMO$1,359Kentucky: median $2,075 across 23 hospitalsKY$2,075West Virginia: median $713 across 17 hospitalsWV$713Virginia: median $1,818 across 37 hospitalsVA$1,818Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,404 across 33 hospitalsAZ$1,404New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,061 across 17 hospitalsKS$1,061Arkansas: median $895 across 14 hospitalsAR$895Tennessee: median $629 across 41 hospitalsTN$629North Carolina: median $1,512 across 45 hospitalsNC$1,512South Carolina: median $1,087 across 33 hospitalsSC$1,087Oklahoma: median $925 across 33 hospitalsOK$925Louisiana: median $974 across 37 hospitalsLA$974Mississippi: median $658 across 27 hospitalsMS$658Alabama: median $675 across 22 hospitalsAL$675Georgia: median $1,897 across 61 hospitalsGA$1,897Hawaii: median $1,451 across 11 hospitalsHI$1,451Texas: median $2,644 across 161 hospitalsTX$2,644Florida: median $1,674 across 85 hospitalsFL$1,674
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,803. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ40$3,485+93%$398 – $5,110
Idaho ID11$3,199+77%$2,500 – $4,569
California CA133$3,026+68%$950 – $6,160
Pennsylvania PA84$2,763+53%$600 – $3,780
Texas TX161$2,644+47%$1,127 – $4,335
Utah UT26$2,610+45%$2,610 – $3,070
Montana MT10$2,540+41%$1,365 – $2,949
Illinois IL79$2,340+30%$825 – $3,634
Iowa IA21$2,265+26%$927 – $3,763
Connecticut CT14$2,235+24%$1,398 – $5,111
Colorado CO35$2,088+16%$1,015 – $3,740
Kentucky KY23$2,075+15%$902 – $3,615
Michigan MI63$2,000+11%$953 – $4,898
Georgia GA61$1,897+5%$582 – $3,296
Minnesota MN39$1,865+3%$841 – $2,382
Virginia VA37$1,818+1%$637 – $2,495
Washington WA44$1,754−3%$1,295 – $3,967
Florida FL85$1,674−7%$729 – $4,013
Indiana IN51$1,585−12%$747 – $2,439
Ohio OH96$1,518−16%$1,238 – $4,222
North Carolina NC45$1,512−16%$829 – $2,152
Wisconsin WI58$1,455−19%$1,125 – $1,904
Hawaii HI11$1,451−20%$517 – $2,301
Arizona AZ33$1,404−22%$905 – $10,960
New York NY48$1,395−23%$690 – $3,312
Oregon OR30$1,392−23%$692 – $4,612
Missouri MO44$1,359−25%$789 – $2,912
Massachusetts MA22$1,284−29%$758 – $2,862
Nebraska NE18$1,247−31%$700 – $1,854
South Carolina SC33$1,087−40%$483 – $1,991
Kansas KS17$1,061−41%$576 – $1,832
Louisiana LA37$974−46%$528 – $3,158
Oklahoma OK33$925−49%$632 – $1,176
Arkansas AR14$895−50%$368 – $1,534
West Virginia WV17$713−60%$361 – $1,145
Alabama AL22$675−63%$404 – $1,511
Mississippi MS27$658−64%$526 – $1,199
Tennessee TN41$629−65%$255 – $1,818
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $1,803.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,530$1,758$730 – $3,713
Children’s45$2,422$617 – $6,414
Critical access144$1,853$915 – $3,296
Ownership
For-profit196$2,426$852 – $6,076
Government209$1,199$593 – $2,644
Non-profit1,314$1,803$766 – $3,723
System affiliation
Part of a system1,495$1,839$756 – $3,763
Independent233$1,478$617 – $3,408

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,141
Median cash price$1,803
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

1,368 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,839 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,934; most fall between $789 and $3,628.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,368 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
$528$934$1,839$3,169$5,281

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($528 vs $5,281).

Of the 1,481 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,368 gave a usable cash price; 42 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 70 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,728 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (44%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,915 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,728
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here66
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded119
Hospitals that filed this code1,915

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 Slctv Cathj 3rd+ Ord Slctv Thrc/Brch/Cphlc Brnch.

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 steered into a third or deeper chest or neck artery (CPT 36217) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36217-catheter-steered-into-a-third-or-deeper-chest-or-neck-artery