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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Each additional branch artery catheter in the same family

CPT 36248the billing code this page is about

Additional charge for each further branch artery entered with the catheter within the same artery family already billed as a main placement.

Hospitals typically charge $700 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,788 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $795. Most fall between $255 and $1,702 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,788
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 1,788 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
$151$304$700$1,496$2,773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($151 vs $2,773).

How the prices are spread

$103 – $149: 86 hospitals$103$149 – $215: 129 hospitals$215 – $310: 149 hospitals$215$310 – $448: 165 hospitals$448 – $647: 199 hospitals$448$647 – $933: 255 hospitals$933 – $1,347: 227 hospitals$933$1,347 – $1,945: 196 hospitals$1,945 – $2,807: 115 hospitals$1,945$2,807 – $4,051: 89 hospitals$2,807median $700price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,610 of 1,788 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$103$14986
$149$215129
$215$310149
$310$448165
$448$647199
$647$933255
$933$1,347227
$1,347$1,945196
$1,945$2,807115
$2,807$4,05189

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $700.

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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $597 across 36 hospitalsWA$597Idaho: median $1,944 across 12 hospitalsID$1,944Montana: median $200 across 10 hospitalsMT$200North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $556 across 42 hospitalsMN$556Illinois: median $804 across 77 hospitalsIL$804Wisconsin: median $640 across 64 hospitalsWI$640Michigan: median $684 across 65 hospitalsMI$684New York: median $355 across 49 hospitalsNY$355Massachusetts: median $592 across 27 hospitalsMA$592Oregon: median $376 across 31 hospitalsOR$376Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $667 across 22 hospitalsIA$667Indiana: median $617 across 51 hospitalsIN$617Ohio: median $747 across 101 hospitalsOH$747Pennsylvania: median $776 across 82 hospitalsPA$776New Jersey: median $2,190 across 43 hospitalsNJ$2,190Connecticut: median $657 across 17 hospitalsCT$657Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,669 across 141 hospitalsCA$1,669Utah: median $786 across 26 hospitalsUT$786Colorado: median $712 across 35 hospitalsCO$712Nebraska: median $391 across 19 hospitalsNE$391Missouri: median $684 across 47 hospitalsMO$684Kentucky: median $957 across 26 hospitalsKY$957West Virginia: median $327 across 14 hospitalsWV$327Virginia: median $706 across 39 hospitalsVA$706Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $780 across 34 hospitalsAZ$780New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $382 across 20 hospitalsKS$382Arkansas: median $144 across 14 hospitalsAR$144Tennessee: median $394 across 43 hospitalsTN$394North Carolina: median $220 across 51 hospitalsNC$220South Carolina: median $653 across 33 hospitalsSC$653Oklahoma: median $277 across 34 hospitalsOK$277Louisiana: median $513 across 40 hospitalsLA$513Mississippi: median $521 across 26 hospitalsMS$521Alabama: median $245 across 25 hospitalsAL$245Georgia: median $671 across 63 hospitalsGA$671Hawaii: median $310 across 11 hospitalsHI$310Texas: median $1,169 across 158 hospitalsTX$1,169Florida: median $963 across 89 hospitalsFL$963
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $700. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ43$2,190+213%$209 – $4,774
Idaho ID12$1,944+178%$550 – $4,332
California CA141$1,669+138%$434 – $2,705
Texas TX158$1,169+67%$420 – $3,699
Florida FL89$963+38%$314 – $1,901
Kentucky KY26$957+37%$175 – $2,226
Illinois IL77$804+15%$281 – $2,047
Utah UT26$786+12%$786 – $924
Arizona AZ34$780+11%$571 – $3,752
Pennsylvania PA82$776+11%$253 – $2,032
Ohio OH101$747+7%$272 – $1,488
Colorado CO35$712+2%$434 – $1,346
Virginia VA39$706+1%$219 – $2,294
Michigan MI65$684−2%$266 – $1,054
Missouri MO47$684−2%$330 – $1,182
Georgia GA63$671−4%$537 – $1,166
Iowa IA22$667−5%$338 – $1,387
Connecticut CT17$657−6%$288 – $1,306
South Carolina SC33$653−7%$201 – $2,342
Wisconsin WI64$640−9%$384 – $1,276
Indiana IN51$617−12%$296 – $1,104
Washington WA36$597−15%$345 – $1,864
Massachusetts MA27$592−15%$199 – $1,328
Minnesota MN42$556−21%$343 – $1,672
Mississippi MS26$521−26%$313 – $1,557
Louisiana LA40$513−27%$142 – $1,460
Tennessee TN43$394−44%$163 – $1,059
Nebraska NE19$391−44%$280 – $711
Kansas KS20$382−45%$115 – $776
Oregon OR31$376−46%$206 – $1,169
New York NY49$355−49%$135 – $1,315
West Virginia WV14$327−53%$145 – $506
Hawaii HI11$310−56%$145 – $436
Oklahoma OK34$277−60%$128 – $785
Alabama AL25$245−65%$151 – $1,672
North Carolina NC51$220−69%$133 – $968
Montana MT10$200−71%$200 – $314
Arkansas AR14$144−79%$139 – $533
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not 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 NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not 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 $700.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,587$706$253 – $1,727
Children’s45$684$402 – $1,724
Critical access147$640$257 – $1,169
Ownership
For-profit210$857$229 – $3,083
Government211$516$196 – $1,169
Non-profit1,358$706$268 – $1,717
System affiliation
Part of a system1,544$739$268 – $1,723
Independent244$533$151 – $1,427

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,277
Median cash price$700
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

1,413 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $727 and the average of the middle 60% is $819; most fall between $268 and $1,680.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,413 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
$172$330$727$1,483$2,705

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($172 vs $2,705).

Of the 1,517 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,413 gave a usable cash price; 30 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

1,788 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,980 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,788
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 — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded122
Hospitals that filed this code1,980

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 Ea 2nd+ Ord Abdl Pel/Lxtr Art 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, “Each additional branch artery catheter in the same family (CPT 36248) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36248-each-additional-branch-artery-catheter-in-the-same-family