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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Tunneled central line with port, age 5 or older

CPT 36561the 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 aged 5 or older.

Hospitals typically charge $3,941 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,480 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,142. Most fall between $1,887 and $7,335 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,480
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 2,480 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
$1,088$2,283$3,941$6,446$9,859

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,088 vs $9,859).

How the prices are spread

$690 – $923: 63 hospitals$690$923 – $1,234: 98 hospitals$1,234 – $1,651: 119 hospitals$1,234$1,651 – $2,208: 204 hospitals$2,208 – $2,953: 233 hospitals$2,208$2,953 – $3,950: 403 hospitals$3,950 – $5,283: 405 hospitals$3,950$5,283 – $7,065: 308 hospitals$7,065 – $9,450: 239 hospitals$7,065$9,450 – $12,638: 165 hospitals$9,450median $3,941price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,237 of 2,480 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$690$92363
$923$1,23498
$1,234$1,651119
$1,651$2,208204
$2,208$2,953233
$2,953$3,950403
$3,950$5,283405
$5,283$7,065308
$7,065$9,450239
$9,450$12,638165

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,941
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $3,941.

Alaska: median $5,621 across 11 hospitalsAK$5,621Maine: median $1,832 across 18 hospitalsME$1,832Vermont: median $1,862 across 11 hospitalsVT$1,862New Hampshire: median $1,023 across 15 hospitalsNH$1,023Washington: median $4,427 across 66 hospitalsWA$4,427Idaho: median $3,504 across 21 hospitalsID$3,504Montana: median $1,659 across 20 hospitalsMT$1,659North Dakota: median $4,850 across 12 hospitalsND$4,850Minnesota: median $3,142 across 74 hospitalsMN$3,142Illinois: median $4,044 across 103 hospitalsIL$4,044Wisconsin: median $3,827 across 94 hospitalsWI$3,827Michigan: median $2,931 across 73 hospitalsMI$2,931New York: median $3,913 across 99 hospitalsNY$3,913Massachusetts: median $4,163 across 40 hospitalsMA$4,163Oregon: median $3,195 across 50 hospitalsOR$3,195Nevada: median $3,434 across 12 hospitalsNV$3,434Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $6,694 across 13 hospitalsSD$6,694Iowa: median $2,618 across 64 hospitalsIA$2,618Indiana: median $4,525 across 62 hospitalsIN$4,525Ohio: median $5,133 across 119 hospitalsOH$5,133Pennsylvania: median $3,730 across 112 hospitalsPA$3,730New Jersey: median $4,200 across 57 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: median $4,017 across 18 hospitalsCT$4,017Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,031 across 163 hospitalsCA$6,031Utah: median $3,726 across 31 hospitalsUT$3,726Colorado: median $3,951 across 48 hospitalsCO$3,951Nebraska: median $3,120 across 43 hospitalsNE$3,120Missouri: median $3,258 across 73 hospitalsMO$3,258Kentucky: median $4,036 across 29 hospitalsKY$4,036West Virginia: median $4,106 across 26 hospitalsWV$4,106Virginia: median $3,550 across 47 hospitalsVA$3,550Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,014 across 39 hospitalsAZ$5,014New Mexico: median $4,541 across 21 hospitalsNM$4,541Kansas: median $2,123 across 58 hospitalsKS$2,123Arkansas: median $1,783 across 31 hospitalsAR$1,783Tennessee: median $1,790 across 50 hospitalsTN$1,790North Carolina: median $2,934 across 58 hospitalsNC$2,934South Carolina: median $8,120 across 38 hospitalsSC$8,120Oklahoma: median $3,337 across 44 hospitalsOK$3,337Louisiana: median $3,214 across 43 hospitalsLA$3,214Mississippi: median $2,818 across 45 hospitalsMS$2,818Alabama: median $3,400 across 29 hospitalsAL$3,400Georgia: median $4,828 across 76 hospitalsGA$4,828Hawaii: median $3,343 across 13 hospitalsHI$3,343Texas: median $5,471 across 175 hospitalsTX$5,471Florida: median $5,890 across 107 hospitalsFL$5,890
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,941. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC38$8,120+106%$2,891 – $8,409
South Dakota SD13$6,694+70%$4,475 – $6,987
California CA163$6,031+53%$3,583 – $10,191
Florida FL107$5,890+49%$3,044 – $11,517
Alaska AK11$5,621+43%$5,047 – $5,809
Texas TX175$5,471+39%$3,501 – $8,393
Ohio OH119$5,133+30%$2,972 – $8,616
Arizona AZ39$5,014+27%$2,846 – $23,063
North Dakota ND12$4,850+23%$1,666 – $5,743
Georgia GA76$4,828+22%$3,282 – $9,374
New Mexico NM21$4,541+15%$2,807 – $6,226
Indiana IN62$4,525+15%$2,056 – $8,354
Washington WA66$4,427+12%$1,905 – $5,950
New Jersey NJ57$4,200+7%$3,484 – $6,311
Massachusetts MA40$4,163+6%$2,915 – $7,099
West Virginia WV26$4,106+4%$992 – $7,629
Illinois IL103$4,044+3%$1,875 – $7,268
Kentucky KY29$4,036+2%$940 – $8,976
Connecticut CT18$4,017+2%$2,451 – $7,861
Colorado CO48$3,9510%$2,616 – $7,541
New York NY99$3,913−1%$1,173 – $6,510
Wisconsin WI94$3,827−3%$1,926 – $5,519
Pennsylvania PA112$3,730−5%$2,522 – $6,938
Utah UT31$3,726−5%$3,167 – $4,449
Virginia VA47$3,550−10%$2,508 – $5,915
Idaho ID21$3,504−11%$1,957 – $7,280
Nevada NV12$3,434−13%$2,760 – $5,579
Alabama AL29$3,400−14%$2,239 – $6,074
Hawaii HI13$3,343−15%$1,125 – $5,141
Oklahoma OK44$3,337−15%$1,645 – $6,510
Missouri MO73$3,258−17%$1,764 – $5,808
Louisiana LA43$3,214−18%$1,884 – $6,168
Oregon OR50$3,195−19%$666 – $7,817
Minnesota MN74$3,142−20%$1,816 – $4,028
Nebraska NE43$3,120−21%$2,030 – $5,000
North Carolina NC58$2,934−26%$2,157 – $4,269
Michigan MI73$2,931−26%$1,698 – $4,342
Mississippi MS45$2,818−29%$1,842 – $4,639
Iowa IA64$2,618−34%$1,381 – $5,015
Kansas KS58$2,123−46%$702 – $4,328
Vermont VT11$1,862−53%$1,522 – $3,258
Maine ME18$1,832−54%$642 – $3,198
Tennessee TN50$1,790−55%$975 – $4,426
Arkansas AR31$1,783−55%$1,532 – $4,246
Montana MT20$1,659−58%$487 – $2,788
New Hampshire NH15$1,023−74%$719 – $5,575
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not 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 $3,941.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,889$4,269$2,414 – $7,898
Children’s43$4,427$1,863 – $8,393
Critical access540$2,424$1,012 – $5,000
Ownership
For-profit275$5,471$2,778 – $10,172
Government434$2,936$1,402 – $5,679
Non-profit1,763$4,059$1,955 – $7,198
System affiliation
Part of a system2,019$4,176$2,164 – $7,622
Independent461$2,943$1,114 – $5,914

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,113
Median cash price$3,941
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

1,727 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,256 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,480; most fall between $2,198 and $7,898.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,727 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
$1,291$2,662$4,256$6,887$10,128

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,291 vs $10,128).

Of the 1,869 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,727 gave a usable cash price; 57 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 84 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,480 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (63%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,687 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,480
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here99
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded97
Hospitals that filed this code2,687

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 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 with port, age 5 or older (CPT 36561) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36561-tunneled-central-line-with-port-age-5-or-older