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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Catheter angiogram of internal carotid and brain, one side

CPT 36224the billing code this page is about

Threading a catheter into the internal carotid artery on one side and injecting dye to X-ray the brain circulation on that side; includes the imaging work.

Hospitals typically charge $8,374 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,697 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $8,552. Most fall between $4,541 and $14,314 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,697
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 1,697 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
$2,814$5,269$8,374$12,531$20,823

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,814 vs $20,823).

How the prices are spread

$1,895 – $2,456: 51 hospitals$1,895$2,456 – $3,184: 61 hospitals$3,184 – $4,128: 101 hospitals$3,184$4,128 – $5,351: 139 hospitals$5,351 – $6,936: 222 hospitals$5,351$6,936 – $8,992: 273 hospitals$8,992 – $11,656: 290 hospitals$8,992$11,656 – $15,111: 171 hospitals$15,111 – $19,588: 102 hospitals$15,111$19,588 – $25,393: 122 hospitals$19,588median $8,374price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,532 of 1,697 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,895$2,45651
$2,456$3,18461
$3,184$4,128101
$4,128$5,351139
$5,351$6,936222
$6,936$8,992273
$8,992$11,656290
$11,656$15,111171
$15,111$19,588102
$19,588$25,393122

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,685
Median cash price$8,374
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.47×

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 $8,374.

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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $10,602 across 32 hospitalsWA$10,602Idaho: median $11,242 across 13 hospitalsID$11,242Montana: 5 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 $6,480 across 24 hospitalsMN$6,480Illinois: median $8,870 across 74 hospitalsIL$8,870Wisconsin: median $4,127 across 58 hospitalsWI$4,127Michigan: median $8,400 across 65 hospitalsMI$8,400New York: median $9,188 across 69 hospitalsNY$9,188Massachusetts: median $9,903 across 18 hospitalsMA$9,903Oregon: median $9,302 across 31 hospitalsOR$9,302Nevada: 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 $8,144 across 19 hospitalsIA$8,144Indiana: median $6,360 across 44 hospitalsIN$6,360Ohio: median $9,081 across 94 hospitalsOH$9,081Pennsylvania: median $9,130 across 77 hospitalsPA$9,130New Jersey: median $6,311 across 52 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: median $9,397 across 13 hospitalsCT$9,397Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,597 across 143 hospitalsCA$11,597Utah: median $11,242 across 26 hospitalsUT$11,242Colorado: median $8,419 across 35 hospitalsCO$8,419Nebraska: median $4,404 across 18 hospitalsNE$4,404Missouri: median $5,682 across 44 hospitalsMO$5,682Kentucky: median $12,246 across 24 hospitalsKY$12,246West Virginia: median $4,922 across 12 hospitalsWV$4,922Virginia: median $10,353 across 34 hospitalsVA$10,353Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,913 across 32 hospitalsAZ$3,913New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $5,834 across 11 hospitalsKS$5,834Arkansas: median $4,055 across 16 hospitalsAR$4,055Tennessee: median $2,771 across 40 hospitalsTN$2,771North Carolina: median $5,089 across 39 hospitalsNC$5,089South Carolina: median $10,592 across 34 hospitalsSC$10,592Oklahoma: median $8,487 across 32 hospitalsOK$8,487Louisiana: median $5,379 across 35 hospitalsLA$5,379Mississippi: median $4,360 across 24 hospitalsMS$4,360Alabama: median $8,312 across 27 hospitalsAL$8,312Georgia: median $8,489 across 63 hospitalsGA$8,489Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,796 across 162 hospitalsTX$8,796Florida: median $9,397 across 92 hospitalsFL$9,397
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $8,374. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY24$12,246+46%$7,492 – $36,803
California CA143$11,597+38%$6,788 – $22,613
Idaho ID13$11,242+34%$7,000 – $12,563
Utah UT26$11,242+34%$11,242 – $13,226
Washington WA32$10,602+27%$5,875 – $17,231
South Carolina SC34$10,592+26%$5,745 – $14,740
Virginia VA34$10,353+24%$6,298 – $11,929
Massachusetts MA18$9,903+18%$7,126 – $12,762
Connecticut CT13$9,397+12%$6,362 – $16,936
Florida FL92$9,397+12%$5,426 – $23,403
Oregon OR31$9,302+11%$7,552 – $15,315
New York NY69$9,188+10%$5,685 – $12,710
Pennsylvania PA77$9,130+9%$5,688 – $20,316
Ohio OH94$9,081+8%$5,798 – $12,995
Illinois IL74$8,870+6%$2,918 – $15,854
Texas TX162$8,796+5%$5,446 – $14,501
Georgia GA63$8,489+1%$6,338 – $10,763
Oklahoma OK32$8,487+1%$699 – $11,152
Colorado CO35$8,419+1%$6,607 – $12,839
Michigan MI65$8,4000%$666 – $12,368
Alabama AL27$8,312−1%$4,705 – $15,000
Iowa IA19$8,144−3%$5,007 – $9,042
Minnesota MN24$6,480−23%$6,114 – $9,898
Indiana IN44$6,360−24%$4,983 – $11,916
New Jersey NJ52$6,311−25%$4,627 – $7,333
Kansas KS11$5,834−30%$3,116 – $7,099
Missouri MO44$5,682−32%$4,448 – $11,584
Louisiana LA35$5,379−36%$3,503 – $10,118
North Carolina NC39$5,089−39%$3,335 – $7,404
West Virginia WV12$4,922−41%$2,711 – $8,520
Nebraska NE18$4,404−47%$3,298 – $8,203
Mississippi MS24$4,360−48%$3,330 – $11,472
Wisconsin WI58$4,127−51%$1,895 – $9,562
Arkansas AR16$4,055−52%$3,782 – $4,800
Arizona AZ32$3,913−53%$3,095 – $44,462
Tennessee TN40$2,771−67%$2,558 – $6,736
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $8,374.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,532$8,371$4,642 – $14,548
Children’s48$9,111$5,135 – $15,708
Critical access108$8,469$2,603 – $11,862
Ownership
For-profit213$9,372$5,562 – $20,163
Government194$6,397$3,699 – $11,799
Non-profit1,281$8,519$4,553 – $13,421
System affiliation
Part of a system1,483$8,487$4,726 – $14,548
Independent214$7,000$3,608 – $12,949

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$15,602
Median cash price$8,374
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

1,282 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $9,042 and the average of the middle 60% is $9,076; most fall between $4,850 and $14,652.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,282 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
$3,041$5,590$9,042$12,762$20,823

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,041 vs $20,823).

Of the 1,396 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,282 gave a usable cash price; 58 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 55 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,697 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,848 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,697
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here83
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded63
Hospitals that filed this code1,848

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 Intrnl Carotid Art Angio Intrcrnl 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 angiogram of internal carotid and brain, one side (CPT 36224) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36224-catheter-angiogram-of-internal-carotid-and-brain-one-side