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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

PICC line placement without imaging guidance, under age 5

CPT 36568the billing code this page is about

Insertion of a long IV catheter through an arm or leg vein up to a large central vein in a child under 5 years old, without a port or pump and without imaging guidance.

Hospitals typically charge $1,693 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,708 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,778. Most fall between $798 and $3,044 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,708
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 1,708 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
$416$960$1,693$2,678$4,737

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($416 vs $4,737).

How the prices are spread

$225 – $314: 40 hospitals$225$314 – $437: 52 hospitals$437 – $608: 88 hospitals$437$608 – $848: 95 hospitals$848 – $1,181: 190 hospitals$848$1,181 – $1,645: 259 hospitals$1,645 – $2,292: 331 hospitals$1,645$2,292 – $3,193: 264 hospitals$3,193 – $4,448: 118 hospitals$3,193$4,448 – $6,196: 104 hospitals$4,448median $1,693price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,541 of 1,708 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$225$31440
$314$43752
$437$60888
$608$84895
$848$1,181190
$1,181$1,645259
$1,645$2,292331
$2,292$3,193264
$3,193$4,448118
$4,448$6,196104

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,608
Median cash price$1,693
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.05×

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 $1,693.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $939 across 10 hospitalsME$939Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,695 across 52 hospitalsWA$1,695Idaho: median $2,769 across 15 hospitalsID$2,769Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,209 across 35 hospitalsMN$1,209Illinois: median $1,215 across 68 hospitalsIL$1,215Wisconsin: median $1,574 across 70 hospitalsWI$1,574Michigan: median $1,483 across 61 hospitalsMI$1,483New York: median $1,869 across 62 hospitalsNY$1,869Massachusetts: median $2,411 across 28 hospitalsMA$2,411Oregon: median $2,028 across 35 hospitalsOR$2,028Nevada: median $1,120 across 11 hospitalsNV$1,120Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,080 across 31 hospitalsIA$1,080Indiana: median $1,604 across 57 hospitalsIN$1,604Ohio: median $3,268 across 70 hospitalsOH$3,268Pennsylvania: median $2,060 across 56 hospitalsPA$2,060New Jersey: median $2,664 across 41 hospitalsNJ$2,664Connecticut: median $1,703 across 13 hospitalsCT$1,703Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,085 across 146 hospitalsCA$2,085Utah: median $2,118 across 27 hospitalsUT$2,118Colorado: median $1,118 across 38 hospitalsCO$1,118Nebraska: median $1,025 across 24 hospitalsNE$1,025Missouri: median $1,554 across 33 hospitalsMO$1,554Kentucky: median $1,731 across 21 hospitalsKY$1,731West Virginia: median $1,908 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,908Virginia: median $1,927 across 43 hospitalsVA$1,927Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $890 across 30 hospitalsAZ$890New Mexico: median $825 across 11 hospitalsNM$825Kansas: median $1,068 across 22 hospitalsKS$1,068Arkansas: median $1,065 across 17 hospitalsAR$1,065Tennessee: median $515 across 29 hospitalsTN$515North Carolina: median $1,173 across 45 hospitalsNC$1,173South Carolina: median $1,672 across 36 hospitalsSC$1,672Oklahoma: median $1,160 across 40 hospitalsOK$1,160Louisiana: median $962 across 36 hospitalsLA$962Mississippi: median $433 across 26 hospitalsMS$433Alabama: median $1,583 across 16 hospitalsAL$1,583Georgia: median $2,602 across 60 hospitalsGA$2,602Hawaii: median $1,404 across 13 hospitalsHI$1,404Texas: median $2,631 across 120 hospitalsTX$2,631Florida: median $1,495 across 78 hospitalsFL$1,495
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,693. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH70$3,268+93%$1,620 – $5,806
Idaho ID15$2,769+64%$1,153 – $3,542
New Jersey NJ41$2,664+57%$1,719 – $5,741
Texas TX120$2,631+55%$1,992 – $2,916
Georgia GA60$2,602+54%$1,073 – $4,943
Massachusetts MA28$2,411+42%$1,437 – $4,823
Utah UT27$2,118+25%$2,118 – $2,492
California CA146$2,085+23%$1,566 – $4,794
Pennsylvania PA56$2,060+22%$918 – $3,227
Oregon OR35$2,028+20%$229 – $3,299
Virginia VA43$1,927+14%$1,514 – $2,554
West Virginia WV17$1,908+13%$657 – $3,142
New York NY62$1,869+10%$1,058 – $3,475
Kentucky KY21$1,731+2%$1,228 – $3,220
Connecticut CT13$1,703+1%$1,189 – $4,356
Washington WA52$1,6950%$947 – $2,451
South Carolina SC36$1,672−1%$1,672 – $2,447
Indiana IN57$1,604−5%$1,028 – $2,305
Alabama AL16$1,583−6%$1,091 – $2,367
Wisconsin WI70$1,574−7%$920 – $2,206
Missouri MO33$1,554−8%$573 – $2,035
Florida FL78$1,495−12%$677 – $4,724
Michigan MI61$1,483−12%$484 – $2,165
Hawaii HI13$1,404−17%$91 – $2,459
Illinois IL68$1,215−28%$548 – $2,934
Minnesota MN35$1,209−29%$179 – $1,940
North Carolina NC45$1,173−31%$808 – $1,538
Oklahoma OK40$1,160−31%$969 – $1,996
Nevada NV11$1,120−34%$730 – $1,712
Colorado CO38$1,118−34%$783 – $2,253
Iowa IA31$1,080−36%$653 – $2,294
Kansas KS22$1,068−37%$511 – $1,523
Arkansas AR17$1,065−37%$665 – $1,523
Nebraska NE24$1,025−39%$416 – $1,542
Louisiana LA36$962−43%$613 – $1,500
Maine ME10$939−45%$235 – $2,412
Arizona AZ30$890−47%$613 – $8,012
New Mexico NM11$825−51%$682 – $2,583
Tennessee TN29$515−70%$315 – $798
Mississippi MS26$433−74%$206 – $1,157
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not 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 $1,693.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,393$1,795$912 – $3,107
Children’s51$2,037$878 – $3,672
Critical access260$1,154$407 – $2,271
Ownership
For-profit157$2,004$943 – $3,542
Government246$1,495$542 – $2,812
Non-profit1,301$1,719$864 – $3,044
System affiliation
Part of a system1,473$1,731$874 – $3,095
Independent235$1,455$585 – $2,595

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,954
Median cash price$1,693
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

1,358 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,779 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,877; most fall between $901 and $3,212.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,358 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
$511$1,026$1,779$2,878$4,794

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($511 vs $4,794).

Of the 1,440 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,358 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 48 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,708 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,833 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,708
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) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded47
Hospitals that filed this code1,833

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 Insertion Picc W/O Img Gdn < 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, “PICC line placement without imaging guidance, under age 5 (CPT 36568) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36568-picc-line-placement-without-imaging-guidance-under-age-5