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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Catheter placement in one renal artery with kidney angiogram

CPT 36251the billing code this page is about

A catheter is guided into the main artery of one kidney and dye images of the kidney arteries, including a flush aortogram, are taken; covers one side.

Hospitals typically charge $4,342 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,842 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,574. Most fall between $2,455 and $7,640 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,842
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 1,842 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
$1,744$2,804$4,342$6,766$10,861

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,744 vs $10,861).

How the prices are spread

$1,055 – $1,362: 18 hospitals$1,055$1,362 – $1,757: 77 hospitals$1,757 – $2,268: 134 hospitals$1,757$2,268 – $2,927: 159 hospitals$2,927 – $3,777: 246 hospitals$2,927$3,777 – $4,875: 339 hospitals$4,875 – $6,291: 260 hospitals$4,875$6,291 – $8,119: 189 hospitals$8,119 – $10,478: 130 hospitals$8,119$10,478 – $13,523: 113 hospitals$10,478median $4,342price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,665 of 1,842 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,055$1,36218
$1,362$1,75777
$1,757$2,268134
$2,268$2,927159
$2,927$3,777246
$3,777$4,875339
$4,875$6,291260
$6,291$8,119189
$8,119$10,478130
$10,478$13,523113

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$4,342
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.35×

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 $4,342.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 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 $5,101 across 36 hospitalsWA$5,101Idaho: median $6,500 across 13 hospitalsID$6,500Montana: median $2,165 across 10 hospitalsMT$2,165North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,306 across 35 hospitalsMN$4,306Illinois: median $3,966 across 83 hospitalsIL$3,966Wisconsin: median $4,252 across 60 hospitalsWI$4,252Michigan: median $4,342 across 62 hospitalsMI$4,342New York: median $4,623 across 63 hospitalsNY$4,623Massachusetts: median $5,315 across 27 hospitalsMA$5,315Oregon: median $4,927 across 29 hospitalsOR$4,927Nevada: median $3,434 across 10 hospitalsNV$3,434Wyoming: 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 $3,431 across 21 hospitalsIA$3,431Indiana: median $4,224 across 52 hospitalsIN$4,224Ohio: median $5,873 across 104 hospitalsOH$5,873Pennsylvania: median $5,528 across 92 hospitalsPA$5,528New Jersey: median $4,200 across 55 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: median $4,017 across 14 hospitalsCT$4,017Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,497 across 151 hospitalsCA$5,497Utah: median $4,085 across 26 hospitalsUT$4,085Colorado: median $4,093 across 36 hospitalsCO$4,093Nebraska: median $2,465 across 18 hospitalsNE$2,465Missouri: median $3,006 across 49 hospitalsMO$3,006Kentucky: median $4,440 across 21 hospitalsKY$4,440West Virginia: median $3,334 across 15 hospitalsWV$3,334Virginia: median $4,285 across 37 hospitalsVA$4,285Maryland: 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 $2,746 across 31 hospitalsAZ$2,746New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,736 across 24 hospitalsKS$2,736Arkansas: median $2,640 across 18 hospitalsAR$2,640Tennessee: median $1,967 across 44 hospitalsTN$1,967North Carolina: median $3,794 across 51 hospitalsNC$3,794South Carolina: median $5,078 across 37 hospitalsSC$5,078Oklahoma: median $2,548 across 33 hospitalsOK$2,548Louisiana: median $3,267 across 35 hospitalsLA$3,267Mississippi: median $2,418 across 25 hospitalsMS$2,418Alabama: median $4,576 across 26 hospitalsAL$4,576Georgia: median $4,526 across 63 hospitalsGA$4,526Hawaii: median $2,963 across 10 hospitalsHI$2,963Texas: median $4,880 across 168 hospitalsTX$4,880Florida: median $5,758 across 96 hospitalsFL$5,758
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,342. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID13$6,500+50%$4,085 – $7,280
Ohio OH104$5,873+35%$3,242 – $9,491
Florida FL96$5,758+33%$3,159 – $11,417
Pennsylvania PA92$5,528+27%$3,278 – $8,743
California CA151$5,497+27%$3,319 – $10,766
Massachusetts MA27$5,315+22%$3,470 – $7,150
Washington WA36$5,101+17%$3,894 – $7,675
South Carolina SC37$5,078+17%$4,124 – $6,766
Oregon OR29$4,927+13%$732 – $7,329
Texas TX168$4,880+12%$2,624 – $9,742
New York NY63$4,623+6%$2,869 – $8,095
Alabama AL26$4,576+5%$2,818 – $12,831
Georgia GA63$4,526+4%$3,099 – $9,534
Kentucky KY21$4,440+2%$1,936 – $12,638
Michigan MI62$4,3420%$544 – $5,322
Minnesota MN35$4,306−1%$3,358 – $6,967
Virginia VA37$4,285−1%$2,569 – $7,015
Wisconsin WI60$4,252−2%$2,995 – $6,025
Indiana IN52$4,224−3%$2,390 – $6,611
New Jersey NJ55$4,200−3%$3,484 – $7,000
Colorado CO36$4,093−6%$2,252 – $4,870
Utah UT26$4,085−6%$4,085 – $4,806
Connecticut CT14$4,017−7%$3,540 – $9,861
Illinois IL83$3,966−9%$1,936 – $7,381
North Carolina NC51$3,794−13%$2,448 – $4,323
Nevada NV10$3,434−21%$2,535 – $7,423
Iowa IA21$3,431−21%$2,577 – $6,861
West Virginia WV15$3,334−23%$1,101 – $5,380
Louisiana LA35$3,267−25%$1,789 – $6,168
Missouri MO49$3,006−31%$2,353 – $4,562
Hawaii HI10$2,963−32%$1,422 – $3,752
Arizona AZ31$2,746−37%$1,869 – $12,936
Kansas KS24$2,736−37%$1,130 – $6,706
Arkansas AR18$2,640−39%$1,527 – $4,136
Oklahoma OK33$2,548−41%$1,460 – $3,611
Nebraska NE18$2,465−43%$1,900 – $3,419
Mississippi MS25$2,418−44%$1,744 – $4,217
Montana MT10$2,165−50%$2,129 – $3,100
Tennessee TN44$1,967−55%$1,559 – $4,043
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $4,342.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,644$4,342$2,525 – $7,775
Children’s46$4,550$3,319 – $8,886
Critical access143$4,252$1,936 – $6,806
Ownership
For-profit217$5,395$3,089 – $13,409
Government222$3,794$2,071 – $5,758
Non-profit1,394$4,353$2,517 – $7,381
System affiliation
Part of a system1,585$4,359$2,548 – $7,675
Independent257$4,174$1,803 – $7,310

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,926
Median cash price$4,342
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

1,417 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,589 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,721; most fall between $2,548 and $7,675.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,417 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
$1,869$2,869$4,589$6,810$10,421

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,869 vs $10,421).

Of the 1,524 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,417 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 64 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,842 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (47%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,992 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,842
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 — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded72
Hospitals that filed this code1,992

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 1stord W/WO Art Punct/Fluoro/S&I Un.

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 placement in one renal artery with kidney angiogram (CPT 36251) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36251-catheter-placement-in-one-renal-artery-with-kidney-angiogram