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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Tunneled central line, age 5 or older, no port or pump

CPT 36558the billing code this page is about

A long-term catheter is placed in a large vein and passed under the skin to an exit site in a patient aged 5 or older, with no implanted port or pump.

Hospitals typically charge $3,358 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,410 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,487. Most fall between $1,530 and $5,931 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,410
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 2,410 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
$914$1,904$3,358$5,323$8,334

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($914 vs $8,334).

How the prices are spread

$575 – $775: 55 hospitals$575$775 – $1,045: 121 hospitals$1,045 – $1,408: 130 hospitals$1,045$1,408 – $1,898: 175 hospitals$1,898 – $2,559: 258 hospitals$1,898$2,559 – $3,450: 392 hospitals$3,450 – $4,650: 385 hospitals$3,450$4,650 – $6,269: 339 hospitals$6,269 – $8,451: 199 hospitals$6,269$8,451 – $11,392: 120 hospitals$8,451median $3,358price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,174 of 2,410 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$575$77555
$775$1,045121
$1,045$1,408130
$1,408$1,898175
$1,898$2,559258
$2,559$3,450392
$3,450$4,650385
$4,650$6,269339
$6,269$8,451199
$8,451$11,392120

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,358
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.04×

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 $3,358.

Alaska: median $4,437 across 10 hospitalsAK$4,437Maine: median $1,647 across 20 hospitalsME$1,647Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,087 across 14 hospitalsNH$1,087Washington: median $3,868 across 60 hospitalsWA$3,868Idaho: median $4,614 across 16 hospitalsID$4,614Montana: median $1,329 across 19 hospitalsMT$1,329North Dakota: median $4,590 across 10 hospitalsND$4,590Minnesota: median $2,674 across 66 hospitalsMN$2,674Illinois: median $3,099 across 101 hospitalsIL$3,099Wisconsin: median $2,800 across 79 hospitalsWI$2,800Michigan: median $2,931 across 74 hospitalsMI$2,931New York: median $3,770 across 92 hospitalsNY$3,770Massachusetts: median $3,469 across 45 hospitalsMA$3,469Oregon: median $3,624 across 49 hospitalsOR$3,624Nevada: median $3,231 across 12 hospitalsNV$3,231Wyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $5,323 across 14 hospitalsSD$5,323Iowa: median $2,024 across 47 hospitalsIA$2,024Indiana: median $4,133 across 63 hospitalsIN$4,133Ohio: median $4,218 across 125 hospitalsOH$4,218Pennsylvania: median $3,227 across 112 hospitalsPA$3,227New Jersey: median $4,061 across 57 hospitalsNJ$4,061Connecticut: median $4,017 across 18 hospitalsCT$4,017Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,256 across 174 hospitalsCA$5,256Utah: median $2,764 across 27 hospitalsUT$2,764Colorado: median $1,952 across 45 hospitalsCO$1,952Nebraska: median $2,312 across 31 hospitalsNE$2,312Missouri: median $2,607 across 64 hospitalsMO$2,607Kentucky: median $5,173 across 33 hospitalsKY$5,173West Virginia: median $2,388 across 30 hospitalsWV$2,388Virginia: median $2,956 across 48 hospitalsVA$2,956Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,430 across 42 hospitalsAZ$2,430New Mexico: median $3,288 across 25 hospitalsNM$3,288Kansas: median $2,221 across 46 hospitalsKS$2,221Arkansas: median $2,046 across 23 hospitalsAR$2,046Tennessee: median $1,056 across 50 hospitalsTN$1,056North Carolina: median $2,360 across 57 hospitalsNC$2,360South Carolina: median $5,283 across 44 hospitalsSC$5,283Oklahoma: median $2,522 across 43 hospitalsOK$2,522Louisiana: median $2,648 across 44 hospitalsLA$2,648Mississippi: median $1,991 across 38 hospitalsMS$1,991Alabama: median $3,332 across 29 hospitalsAL$3,332Georgia: median $4,056 across 75 hospitalsGA$4,056Hawaii: median $3,134 across 15 hospitalsHI$3,134Texas: median $4,812 across 179 hospitalsTX$4,812Florida: median $4,954 across 107 hospitalsFL$4,954
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,358. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD14$5,323+58%$1,927 – $6,025
South Carolina SC44$5,283+57%$2,572 – $6,337
California CA174$5,256+57%$2,909 – $9,769
Kentucky KY33$5,173+54%$1,400 – $10,876
Florida FL107$4,954+48%$3,044 – $8,929
Texas TX179$4,812+43%$3,046 – $8,094
Idaho ID16$4,614+37%$3,229 – $7,280
North Dakota ND10$4,590+37%$2,675 – $4,958
Alaska AK10$4,437+32%$1,421 – $5,809
Ohio OH125$4,218+26%$2,905 – $7,020
Indiana IN63$4,133+23%$2,056 – $5,643
New Jersey NJ57$4,061+21%$2,543 – $6,839
Georgia GA75$4,056+21%$2,512 – $8,119
Connecticut CT18$4,017+20%$1,450 – $5,406
Washington WA60$3,868+15%$1,133 – $5,655
New York NY92$3,770+12%$962 – $6,810
Oregon OR49$3,624+8%$750 – $7,817
Massachusetts MA45$3,469+3%$1,465 – $5,627
Alabama AL29$3,332−1%$2,054 – $5,906
New Mexico NM25$3,288−2%$1,492 – $4,104
Nevada NV12$3,231−4%$2,174 – $9,988
Pennsylvania PA112$3,227−4%$2,219 – $5,362
Hawaii HI15$3,134−7%$1,532 – $4,815
Illinois IL101$3,099−8%$1,550 – $6,151
Virginia VA48$2,956−12%$1,716 – $4,100
Michigan MI74$2,931−13%$914 – $4,429
Wisconsin WI79$2,800−17%$1,514 – $3,872
Utah UT27$2,764−18%$2,456 – $2,889
Minnesota MN66$2,674−20%$1,258 – $4,482
Louisiana LA44$2,648−21%$1,291 – $5,548
Missouri MO64$2,607−22%$1,187 – $3,616
Oklahoma OK43$2,522−25%$1,601 – $4,429
Arizona AZ42$2,430−28%$1,470 – $6,375
West Virginia WV30$2,388−29%$756 – $4,055
North Carolina NC57$2,360−30%$1,348 – $3,405
Nebraska NE31$2,312−31%$1,926 – $3,398
Kansas KS46$2,221−34%$1,062 – $4,121
Arkansas AR23$2,046−39%$986 – $3,377
Iowa IA47$2,024−40%$1,193 – $4,557
Mississippi MS38$1,991−41%$1,340 – $4,639
Colorado CO45$1,952−42%$1,514 – $4,203
Maine ME20$1,647−51%$566 – $4,521
Montana MT19$1,329−60%$377 – $2,391
New Hampshire NH14$1,087−68%$289 – $3,319
Tennessee TN50$1,056−69%$776 – $3,538
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not 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 $3,358.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,940$3,548$1,875 – $6,284
Children’s45$3,883$1,445 – $8,115
Critical access417$2,021$858 – $4,355
Ownership
For-profit285$4,041$2,148 – $9,407
Government389$2,512$1,021 – $4,786
Non-profit1,728$3,425$1,680 – $5,943
System affiliation
Part of a system1,984$3,501$1,774 – $6,103
Independent426$2,486$946 – $4,934

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,911
Median cash price$3,358
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

1,791 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,593 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,727; most fall between $1,779 and $6,284.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,791 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
$1,036$2,166$3,593$5,620$8,619

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,036 vs $8,619).

Of the 1,921 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,791 gave a usable cash price; 46 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 83 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,410 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (61%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,599 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,410
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here88
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded94
Hospitals that filed this code2,599

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 Insj Tunneled Cvc W/O Subq Port/Pmp Age 5 Yr/>.

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, “Tunneled central line, age 5 or older, no port or pump (CPT 36558) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36558-tunneled-central-line-age-5-or-older-no-port-or-pump