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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Deep-branch catheter angiogram of both kidney arteries

CPT 36254the billing code this page is about

Threading a catheter into smaller branches beyond the main renal artery on both sides and injecting dye to X-ray them; includes the imaging work.

Hospitals typically charge $5,567 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,379 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,604. Most fall between $3,159 and $8,894 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,379
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 1,379 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
$2,123$3,410$5,567$8,120$11,865

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,123 vs $11,865).

How the prices are spread

$1,065 – $1,419: 16 hospitals$1,065$1,419 – $1,891: 36 hospitals$1,891 – $2,519: 55 hospitals$1,891$2,519 – $3,357: 159 hospitals$3,357 – $4,473: 200 hospitals$3,357$4,473 – $5,960: 225 hospitals$5,960 – $7,941: 272 hospitals$5,960$7,941 – $10,581: 177 hospitals$10,581 – $14,099: 67 hospitals$10,581$14,099 – $18,787: 36 hospitals$14,099median $5,567price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,243 of 1,379 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,065$1,41916
$1,419$1,89136
$1,891$2,51955
$2,519$3,357159
$3,357$4,473200
$4,473$5,960225
$5,960$7,941272
$7,941$10,581177
$10,581$14,09967
$14,099$18,78736

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$5,567
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.73×

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 $5,567.

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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $5,894 across 36 hospitalsWA$5,894Idaho: median $7,280 across 12 hospitalsID$7,280Montana: 7 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 16 hospitalsMN$3,471Illinois: median $5,763 across 59 hospitalsIL$5,763Wisconsin: median $5,872 across 31 hospitalsWI$5,872Michigan: median $3,264 across 38 hospitalsMI$3,264New York: median $3,941 across 54 hospitalsNY$3,941Massachusetts: median $5,618 across 16 hospitalsMA$5,618Oregon: median $6,833 across 16 hospitalsOR$6,833Nevada: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $4,998 across 18 hospitalsIA$4,998Indiana: median $5,299 across 46 hospitalsIN$5,299Ohio: median $7,073 across 81 hospitalsOH$7,073Pennsylvania: median $4,370 across 70 hospitalsPA$4,370New Jersey: median $4,200 across 51 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,844 across 123 hospitalsCA$6,844Utah: median $7,098 across 23 hospitalsUT$7,098Colorado: median $6,804 across 27 hospitalsCO$6,804Nebraska: median $4,165 across 14 hospitalsNE$4,165Missouri: median $5,631 across 31 hospitalsMO$5,631Kentucky: median $5,231 across 14 hospitalsKY$5,231West Virginia: median $2,866 across 17 hospitalsWV$2,866Virginia: median $4,341 across 29 hospitalsVA$4,341Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,364 across 29 hospitalsAZ$4,364New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,974 across 16 hospitalsKS$2,974Arkansas: median $3,298 across 12 hospitalsAR$3,298Tennessee: median $2,388 across 21 hospitalsTN$2,388North Carolina: median $4,259 across 37 hospitalsNC$4,259South Carolina: median $6,297 across 15 hospitalsSC$6,297Oklahoma: median $3,206 across 24 hospitalsOK$3,206Louisiana: median $3,349 across 28 hospitalsLA$3,349Mississippi: median $2,303 across 13 hospitalsMS$2,303Alabama: median $4,197 across 13 hospitalsAL$4,197Georgia: median $6,920 across 59 hospitalsGA$6,920Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,664 across 142 hospitalsTX$5,664Florida: median $7,120 across 74 hospitalsFL$7,120
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,567. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID12$7,280+31%$6,500 – $7,280
Florida FL74$7,120+28%$5,409 – $14,705
Utah UT23$7,098+28%$7,098 – $8,350
Ohio OH81$7,073+27%$3,691 – $8,999
Georgia GA59$6,920+24%$4,779 – $11,368
California CA123$6,844+23%$3,836 – $9,341
Oregon OR16$6,833+23%$743 – $7,714
Colorado CO27$6,804+22%$5,507 – $14,112
South Carolina SC15$6,297+13%$3,583 – $6,541
Washington WA36$5,894+6%$4,654 – $9,593
Wisconsin WI31$5,872+5%$4,280 – $9,093
Illinois IL59$5,763+4%$1,970 – $6,890
Texas TX142$5,664+2%$3,326 – $10,084
Missouri MO31$5,631+1%$4,405 – $7,872
Massachusetts MA16$5,618+1%$3,389 – $8,544
Indiana IN46$5,299−5%$3,049 – $7,029
Kentucky KY14$5,231−6%$2,912 – $12,638
Iowa IA18$4,998−10%$2,762 – $9,013
Pennsylvania PA70$4,370−21%$2,737 – $13,284
Arizona AZ29$4,364−22%$3,134 – $27,258
Virginia VA29$4,341−22%$2,666 – $6,109
North Carolina NC37$4,259−23%$3,388 – $8,599
New Jersey NJ51$4,200−25%$3,487 – $8,632
Alabama AL13$4,197−25%$2,784 – $10,401
Nebraska NE14$4,165−25%$2,601 – $5,050
New York NY54$3,941−29%$3,362 – $8,178
Minnesota MN16$3,471−38%$3,471 – $12,939
Louisiana LA28$3,349−40%$2,308 – $5,163
Arkansas AR12$3,298−41%$1,854 – $6,364
Michigan MI38$3,264−41%$795 – $5,642
Oklahoma OK24$3,206−42%$1,734 – $7,915
Kansas KS16$2,974−47%$1,982 – $5,307
West Virginia WV17$2,866−49%$442 – $5,137
Tennessee TN21$2,388−57%$1,818 – $4,138
Mississippi MS13$2,303−59%$2,159 – $2,961
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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 $5,567.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,243$5,507$3,187 – $8,810
Children’s38$7,044$4,078 – $12,753
Critical access90$5,820$1,641 – $7,551
Ownership
For-profit156$6,297$3,156 – $17,060
Government170$4,730$2,974 – $8,599
Non-profit1,045$5,531$3,204 – $8,483
System affiliation
Part of a system1,205$5,642$3,247 – $8,894
Independent174$4,619$2,043 – $8,647

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$10,174
Median cash price$5,567
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

1,059 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,923 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,918; most fall between $3,275 and $9,093.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,059 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
$2,298$3,502$5,923$8,350$11,368

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,298 vs $11,368).

Of the 1,130 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,059 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 47 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,379 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,493 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,379
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded54
Hospitals that filed this code1,493

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 Supslctv Cath 2nd+Ord Renal&Accessory Artery/S&I.

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, “Deep-branch catheter angiogram of both kidney arteries (CPT 36254) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36254-deep-branch-catheter-angiogram-of-both-kidney-arteries