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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Tunneled central line with port, child under 5

CPT 36560the billing code this page is about

A long-term catheter is placed in a large vein and connected to a port implanted under the skin, in a patient younger than 5 years.

Hospitals typically charge $3,732 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 886 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,013. Most fall between $2,022 and $7,280 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
886
States
49
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 886 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
$1,035$2,362$3,732$6,332$9,404

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,035 vs $9,404).

How the prices are spread

$627 – $850: 27 hospitals$627$850 – $1,153: 30 hospitals$1,153 – $1,563: 21 hospitals$1,153$1,563 – $2,119: 72 hospitals$2,119 – $2,873: 95 hospitals$2,119$2,873 – $3,895: 175 hospitals$3,895 – $5,281: 151 hospitals$3,895$5,281 – $7,160: 93 hospitals$7,160 – $9,708: 96 hospitals$7,160$9,708 – $13,162: 46 hospitals$9,708median $3,732price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (806 of 886 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$627$85027
$850$1,15330
$1,153$1,56321
$1,563$2,11972
$2,119$2,87395
$2,873$3,895175
$3,895$5,281151
$5,281$7,16093
$7,160$9,70896
$9,708$13,16246

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,732
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

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 $3,732.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,565 across 25 hospitalsWA$4,565Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,677 across 26 hospitalsMN$2,677Illinois: median $4,185 across 44 hospitalsIL$4,185Wisconsin: median $4,350 across 15 hospitalsWI$4,350Michigan: median $3,732 across 44 hospitalsMI$3,732New York: median $3,725 across 36 hospitalsNY$3,725Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,362 across 14 hospitalsOR$2,362Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,178 across 19 hospitalsIA$3,178Indiana: median $8,082 across 19 hospitalsIN$8,082Ohio: median $3,253 across 36 hospitalsOH$3,253Pennsylvania: median $3,303 across 48 hospitalsPA$3,303New Jersey: median $4,200 across 41 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,946 across 81 hospitalsCA$7,946Utah: median $2,175 across 22 hospitalsUT$2,175Colorado: median $4,052 across 25 hospitalsCO$4,052Nebraska: median $2,101 across 15 hospitalsNE$2,101Missouri: median $3,828 across 10 hospitalsMO$3,828Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,956 across 27 hospitalsVA$2,956Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,162 across 24 hospitalsAZ$4,162New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $3,550 across 13 hospitalsNC$3,550South Carolina: median $6,332 across 10 hospitalsSC$6,332Oklahoma: median $627 across 13 hospitalsOK$627Louisiana: median $2,873 across 15 hospitalsLA$2,873Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $2,685 across 14 hospitalsAL$2,685Georgia: median $3,330 across 29 hospitalsGA$3,330Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,024 across 55 hospitalsTX$5,024Florida: median $4,480 across 64 hospitalsFL$4,480
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,732. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Indiana IN19$8,082+117%$2,134 – $12,179
California CA81$7,946+113%$4,041 – $14,088
South Carolina SC10$6,332+70%$2,661 – $6,541
Texas TX55$5,024+35%$3,794 – $6,000
Washington WA25$4,565+22%$3,038 – $4,873
Florida FL64$4,480+20%$3,044 – $10,161
Wisconsin WI15$4,350+17%$2,280 – $4,554
New Jersey NJ41$4,200+13%$3,484 – $5,339
Illinois IL44$4,185+12%$1,147 – $7,725
Arizona AZ24$4,162+12%$2,444 – $23,063
Colorado CO25$4,052+9%$2,664 – $5,395
Missouri MO10$3,828+3%$1,991 – $5,580
Michigan MI44$3,7320%$457 – $8,441
New York NY36$3,7250%$3,226 – $6,510
North Carolina NC13$3,550−5%$1,683 – $3,806
Georgia GA29$3,330−11%$2,564 – $3,330
Pennsylvania PA48$3,303−12%$584 – $7,448
Ohio OH36$3,253−13%$1,728 – $4,784
Iowa IA19$3,178−15%$2,264 – $4,760
Virginia VA27$2,956−21%$2,622 – $4,480
Louisiana LA15$2,873−23%$1,690 – $5,790
Alabama AL14$2,685−28%$1,830 – $4,237
Minnesota MN26$2,677−28%$2,053 – $3,446
Oregon OR14$2,362−37%$702 – $6,368
Utah UT22$2,175−42%$2,175 – $2,559
Nebraska NE15$2,101−44%$2,088 – $3,057
Oklahoma OK13$627−83%$627 – $6,417
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $3,732.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care764$3,725$2,088 – $7,043
Children’s39$4,147$1,933 – $9,304
Critical access80$3,021$1,316 – $7,280
Ownership
For-profit86$4,480$2,175 – $9,110
Government115$3,159$1,609 – $6,000
Non-profit682$3,794$2,088 – $7,372
System affiliation
Part of a system761$3,786$2,175 – $7,372
Independent125$3,532$1,115 – $6,614

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,250
Median cash price$3,732
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

654 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,052 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,254; most fall between $2,175 and $7,946.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 654 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
$1,390$2,559$4,052$6,798$10,805

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,390 vs $10,805).

Of the 726 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 654 gave a usable cash price; 34 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 37 a list price only.

How complete is this

886 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 974 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted886
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here53
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code974

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 Ctr Vad W/Subq Port Under 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 with port, child under 5 (CPT 36560) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36560-tunneled-central-line-with-port-child-under-5