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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Catheter and X-ray of neck arteries on one side

CPT 36222the billing code this page is about

Catheter steered into the common carotid or innominate artery with contrast imaging of the neck arteries on that same side; billed per side, imaging included.

Hospitals typically charge $5,159 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,755 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,446. Most fall between $2,899 and $8,990 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,755
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 1,755 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
$1,882$3,300$5,159$7,894$12,522

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,882 vs $12,522).

How the prices are spread

$1,138 – $1,503: 21 hospitals$1,138$1,503 – $1,987: 84 hospitals$1,987 – $2,625: 100 hospitals$1,987$2,625 – $3,469: 179 hospitals$3,469 – $4,585: 272 hospitals$3,469$4,585 – $6,058: 279 hospitals$6,058 – $8,006: 312 hospitals$6,058$8,006 – $10,580: 182 hospitals$10,580 – $13,981: 89 hospitals$10,580$13,981 – $18,475: 68 hospitals$13,981median $5,159price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,586 of 1,755 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,138$1,50321
$1,503$1,98784
$1,987$2,625100
$2,625$3,469179
$3,469$4,585272
$4,585$6,058279
$6,058$8,006312
$8,006$10,580182
$10,580$13,98189
$13,981$18,47568

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$5,159
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.60×

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 $5,159.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $5,239 across 35 hospitalsWA$5,239Idaho: median $7,280 across 12 hospitalsID$7,280Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,471 across 21 hospitalsMN$3,471Illinois: median $5,461 across 76 hospitalsIL$5,461Wisconsin: median $5,130 across 54 hospitalsWI$5,130Michigan: median $5,510 across 65 hospitalsMI$5,510New York: median $4,099 across 57 hospitalsNY$4,099Massachusetts: median $5,292 across 20 hospitalsMA$5,292Oregon: median $4,680 across 29 hospitalsOR$4,680Nevada: median $4,366 across 10 hospitalsNV$4,366Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $7,402 across 10 hospitalsSD$7,402Iowa: median $4,550 across 20 hospitalsIA$4,550Indiana: median $4,167 across 48 hospitalsIN$4,167Ohio: median $6,498 across 100 hospitalsOH$6,498Pennsylvania: median $5,250 across 77 hospitalsPA$5,250New Jersey: median $4,200 across 53 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: median $4,676 across 11 hospitalsCT$4,676Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,868 across 142 hospitalsCA$7,868Utah: median $6,292 across 26 hospitalsUT$6,292Colorado: median $6,478 across 34 hospitalsCO$6,478Nebraska: median $2,612 across 17 hospitalsNE$2,612Missouri: median $3,437 across 43 hospitalsMO$3,437Kentucky: median $4,288 across 26 hospitalsKY$4,288West Virginia: median $2,866 across 14 hospitalsWV$2,866Virginia: median $3,958 across 36 hospitalsVA$3,958Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,341 across 36 hospitalsAZ$3,341New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $3,338 across 22 hospitalsKS$3,338Arkansas: median $2,640 across 15 hospitalsAR$2,640Tennessee: median $2,366 across 44 hospitalsTN$2,366North Carolina: median $4,369 across 40 hospitalsNC$4,369South Carolina: median $7,894 across 39 hospitalsSC$7,894Oklahoma: median $3,579 across 35 hospitalsOK$3,579Louisiana: median $3,565 across 40 hospitalsLA$3,565Mississippi: median $2,667 across 27 hospitalsMS$2,667Alabama: median $4,764 across 29 hospitalsAL$4,764Georgia: median $5,591 across 66 hospitalsGA$5,591Hawaii: median $3,294 across 10 hospitalsHI$3,294Texas: median $5,506 across 170 hospitalsTX$5,506Florida: median $7,078 across 92 hospitalsFL$7,078
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,159. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC39$7,894+53%$4,436 – $8,818
California CA142$7,868+53%$4,365 – $12,705
South Dakota SD10$7,402+43%$7,203 – $8,674
Idaho ID12$7,280+41%$6,292 – $8,000
Florida FL92$7,078+37%$3,882 – $14,905
Ohio OH100$6,498+26%$4,923 – $10,132
Colorado CO34$6,478+26%$4,395 – $9,260
Utah UT26$6,292+22%$6,292 – $7,402
Georgia GA66$5,591+8%$3,093 – $9,213
Michigan MI65$5,510+7%$566 – $8,184
Texas TX170$5,506+7%$4,696 – $10,007
Illinois IL76$5,461+6%$2,518 – $9,951
Massachusetts MA20$5,292+3%$3,850 – $8,911
Pennsylvania PA77$5,250+2%$3,590 – $15,528
Washington WA35$5,239+2%$4,237 – $8,932
Wisconsin WI54$5,130−1%$2,895 – $7,410
Alabama AL29$4,764−8%$2,307 – $17,739
Oregon OR29$4,680−9%$594 – $6,811
Connecticut CT11$4,676−9%$3,540 – $8,459
Iowa IA20$4,550−12%$3,024 – $6,319
North Carolina NC40$4,369−15%$2,315 – $4,755
Nevada NV10$4,366−15%$3,434 – $7,423
Kentucky KY26$4,288−17%$680 – $9,958
New Jersey NJ53$4,200−19%$3,484 – $6,839
Indiana IN48$4,167−19%$2,996 – $6,907
New York NY57$4,099−21%$2,737 – $7,372
Virginia VA36$3,958−23%$2,258 – $9,356
Oklahoma OK35$3,579−31%$1,793 – $5,209
Louisiana LA40$3,565−31%$2,427 – $7,384
Minnesota MN21$3,471−33%$3,369 – $7,402
Missouri MO43$3,437−33%$2,720 – $5,060
Arizona AZ36$3,341−35%$2,453 – $21,593
Kansas KS22$3,338−35%$2,232 – $6,955
Hawaii HI10$3,294−36%$1,454 – $7,516
West Virginia WV14$2,866−44%$816 – $6,796
Mississippi MS27$2,667−48%$1,691 – $4,226
Arkansas AR15$2,640−49%$1,465 – $4,374
Nebraska NE17$2,612−49%$2,416 – $7,261
Tennessee TN44$2,366−54%$1,597 – $4,730
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $5,159.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,585$5,131$2,928 – $8,990
Children’s40$6,498$3,577 – $11,204
Critical access121$5,510$2,048 – $7,723
Ownership
For-profit237$6,182$3,033 – $13,433
Government212$4,343$2,464 – $7,403
Non-profit1,297$5,240$3,003 – $8,734
System affiliation
Part of a system1,519$5,271$3,044 – $9,213
Independent236$4,435$2,352 – $8,360

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$9,827
Median cash price$5,159
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

1,342 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,541 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,849; most fall between $3,024 and $9,341.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,342 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
$1,944$3,471$5,541$8,224$12,205

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,944 vs $12,205).

Of the 1,452 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,342 gave a usable cash price; 49 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,755 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 1,899 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,755
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here76
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded65
Hospitals that filed this code1,899

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 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 Cath Carotid/Innom Art Angio Xtrcranl Art.

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 and X-ray of neck arteries on one side (CPT 36222) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36222-catheter-and-x-ray-of-neck-arteries-on-one-side