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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Catheter angiogram of both kidney arteries

CPT 36252the billing code this page is about

Threading a catheter into the main renal artery on each side and injecting dye to X-ray both kidneys' blood vessels; includes the imaging work.

Hospitals typically charge $5,395 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,879 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,355. Most fall between $2,934 and $9,034 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,879
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 1,879 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
$1,969$3,268$5,395$7,829$12,638

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,969 vs $12,638).

How the prices are spread

$1,168 – $1,533: 36 hospitals$1,168$1,533 – $2,013: 74 hospitals$2,013 – $2,644: 104 hospitals$2,013$2,644 – $3,471: 222 hospitals$3,471 – $4,558: 253 hospitals$3,471$4,558 – $5,985: 322 hospitals$5,985 – $7,859: 306 hospitals$5,985$7,859 – $10,319: 198 hospitals$10,319 – $13,549: 106 hospitals$10,319$13,549 – $17,791: 75 hospitals$13,549median $5,395price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,696 of 1,879 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,168$1,53336
$1,533$2,01374
$2,013$2,644104
$2,644$3,471222
$3,471$4,558253
$4,558$5,985322
$5,985$7,859306
$7,859$10,319198
$10,319$13,549106
$13,549$17,79175

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$5,395
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.67×

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 $5,395.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 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 $6,051 across 43 hospitalsWA$6,051Idaho: median $7,277 across 13 hospitalsID$7,277Montana: 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 $4,674 across 34 hospitalsMN$4,674Illinois: median $4,735 across 82 hospitalsIL$4,735Wisconsin: median $5,919 across 60 hospitalsWI$5,919Michigan: median $4,717 across 65 hospitalsMI$4,717New York: median $3,941 across 63 hospitalsNY$3,941Massachusetts: median $5,618 across 24 hospitalsMA$5,618Oregon: median $5,472 across 30 hospitalsOR$5,472Nevada: median $3,718 across 11 hospitalsNV$3,718Wyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $7,994 across 10 hospitalsSD$7,994Iowa: median $4,840 across 22 hospitalsIA$4,840Indiana: median $4,775 across 52 hospitalsIN$4,775Ohio: median $6,369 across 102 hospitalsOH$6,369Pennsylvania: median $4,675 across 94 hospitalsPA$4,675New Jersey: median $4,200 across 54 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: median $6,495 across 12 hospitalsCT$6,495Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,852 across 149 hospitalsCA$6,852Utah: median $4,679 across 26 hospitalsUT$4,679Colorado: median $5,779 across 36 hospitalsCO$5,779Nebraska: median $3,208 across 19 hospitalsNE$3,208Missouri: median $4,211 across 51 hospitalsMO$4,211Kentucky: median $3,477 across 23 hospitalsKY$3,477West Virginia: median $1,079 across 20 hospitalsWV$1,079Virginia: median $4,601 across 43 hospitalsVA$4,601Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,565 across 31 hospitalsAZ$3,565New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,941 across 24 hospitalsKS$2,941Arkansas: median $2,112 across 18 hospitalsAR$2,112Tennessee: median $2,310 across 45 hospitalsTN$2,310North Carolina: median $4,353 across 50 hospitalsNC$4,353South Carolina: median $6,301 across 39 hospitalsSC$6,301Oklahoma: median $3,542 across 34 hospitalsOK$3,542Louisiana: median $3,442 across 37 hospitalsLA$3,442Mississippi: median $2,625 across 28 hospitalsMS$2,625Alabama: median $4,878 across 29 hospitalsAL$4,878Georgia: median $5,818 across 68 hospitalsGA$5,818Hawaii: median $2,963 across 10 hospitalsHI$2,963Texas: median $6,116 across 169 hospitalsTX$6,116Florida: median $6,013 across 99 hospitalsFL$6,013
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,395. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD10$7,994+48%$7,994 – $8,614
Idaho ID13$7,277+35%$5,687 – $7,280
California CA149$6,852+27%$3,676 – $14,076
Connecticut CT12$6,495+20%$3,540 – $9,861
Ohio OH102$6,369+18%$4,229 – $10,881
South Carolina SC39$6,301+17%$5,724 – $10,863
Texas TX169$6,116+13%$3,156 – $10,247
Washington WA43$6,051+12%$4,854 – $7,401
Florida FL99$6,013+11%$3,668 – $13,024
Wisconsin WI60$5,919+10%$3,635 – $8,082
Georgia GA68$5,818+8%$4,018 – $9,779
Colorado CO36$5,779+7%$3,153 – $8,137
Massachusetts MA24$5,618+4%$3,459 – $7,654
Oregon OR30$5,472+1%$1,011 – $8,189
Alabama AL29$4,878−10%$2,992 – $23,835
Iowa IA22$4,840−10%$3,373 – $7,996
Indiana IN52$4,775−11%$3,039 – $7,401
Illinois IL82$4,735−12%$2,125 – $10,280
Michigan MI65$4,717−13%$714 – $9,334
Utah UT26$4,679−13%$4,679 – $5,505
Pennsylvania PA94$4,675−13%$2,866 – $11,313
Minnesota MN34$4,674−13%$3,369 – $6,106
Virginia VA43$4,601−15%$3,396 – $7,993
North Carolina NC50$4,353−19%$2,974 – $7,588
Missouri MO51$4,211−22%$3,206 – $6,379
New Jersey NJ54$4,200−22%$3,487 – $8,600
New York NY63$3,941−27%$3,226 – $8,283
Nevada NV11$3,718−31%$3,421 – $7,423
Arizona AZ31$3,565−34%$2,284 – $17,791
Oklahoma OK34$3,542−34%$2,219 – $6,417
Kentucky KY23$3,477−36%$2,160 – $12,638
Louisiana LA37$3,442−36%$2,062 – $6,922
Nebraska NE19$3,208−41%$2,411 – $4,928
Hawaii HI10$2,963−45%$1,544 – $4,020
Kansas KS24$2,941−45%$1,520 – $10,160
Mississippi MS28$2,625−51%$2,100 – $4,225
Tennessee TN45$2,310−57%$1,597 – $4,298
Arkansas AR18$2,112−61%$1,599 – $4,496
West Virginia WV20$1,079−80%$378 – $4,983
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $5,395.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,680$5,395$2,992 – $9,308
Children’s45$6,340$3,077 – $10,546
Critical access145$4,840$1,784 – $7,280
Ownership
For-profit237$6,125$3,141 – $17,791
Government226$4,224$2,632 – $7,588
Non-profit1,407$5,395$2,977 – $8,477
System affiliation
Part of a system1,616$5,434$2,992 – $9,244
Independent263$4,759$2,116 – $8,258

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$9,462
Median cash price$5,395
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

1,422 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,724 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,638; most fall between $3,123 and $9,169.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,422 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
$2,069$3,471$5,724$7,993$11,764

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,069 vs $11,764).

Of the 1,530 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,422 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 65 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,879 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 2,028 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,879
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 — excluded71
Hospitals that filed this code2,028

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/Fluor/S&I Bil.

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 both kidney arteries (CPT 36252) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36252-catheter-angiogram-of-both-kidney-arteries