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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

PICC line placement with imaging guidance, age 5 and up

CPT 36573the billing code this page is about

Insertion of a long IV catheter through a peripheral vein into a large central vein in a patient 5 years or older, using ultrasound or x-ray guidance and tip confirmation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,046 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,570 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,126. Most fall between $998 and $3,607 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,570
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 2,570 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
$539$1,200$2,046$3,213$5,138

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($539 vs $5,138).

How the prices are spread

$227 – $316: 45 hospitals$227$316 – $441: 35 hospitals$441 – $615: 77 hospitals$441$615 – $858: 128 hospitals$858 – $1,197: 230 hospitals$858$1,197 – $1,669: 361 hospitals$1,669 – $2,327: 476 hospitals$1,669$2,327 – $3,245: 453 hospitals$3,245 – $4,526: 296 hospitals$3,245$4,526 – $6,311: 214 hospitals$4,526median $2,046price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,315 of 2,570 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$227$31645
$316$44135
$441$61577
$615$858128
$858$1,197230
$1,197$1,669361
$1,669$2,327476
$2,327$3,245453
$3,245$4,526296
$4,526$6,311214

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,608
Median cash price$2,046
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.27×

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 $2,046.

Alaska: median $1,744 across 11 hospitalsAK$1,744Maine: median $1,218 across 18 hospitalsME$1,218Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,528 across 12 hospitalsNH$1,528Washington: median $2,205 across 66 hospitalsWA$2,205Idaho: median $2,583 across 20 hospitalsID$2,583Montana: median $632 across 19 hospitalsMT$632North Dakota: median $1,880 across 11 hospitalsND$1,880Minnesota: median $1,604 across 83 hospitalsMN$1,604Illinois: median $2,520 across 106 hospitalsIL$2,520Wisconsin: median $1,511 across 98 hospitalsWI$1,511Michigan: median $1,835 across 79 hospitalsMI$1,835New York: median $2,282 across 96 hospitalsNY$2,282Massachusetts: median $2,182 across 46 hospitalsMA$2,182Oregon: median $1,653 across 51 hospitalsOR$1,653Nevada: median $1,712 across 15 hospitalsNV$1,712Wyoming: median $1,501 across 12 hospitalsWY$1,501South Dakota: median $1,561 across 15 hospitalsSD$1,561Iowa: median $1,204 across 70 hospitalsIA$1,204Indiana: median $1,635 across 74 hospitalsIN$1,635Ohio: median $2,991 across 128 hospitalsOH$2,991Pennsylvania: median $2,271 across 112 hospitalsPA$2,271New Jersey: median $2,130 across 56 hospitalsNJ$2,130Connecticut: median $2,134 across 22 hospitalsCT$2,134Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,150 across 176 hospitalsCA$3,150Utah: median $2,583 across 30 hospitalsUT$2,583Colorado: median $1,962 across 56 hospitalsCO$1,962Nebraska: median $2,117 across 50 hospitalsNE$2,117Missouri: median $2,230 across 59 hospitalsMO$2,230Kentucky: median $1,985 across 36 hospitalsKY$1,985West Virginia: median $1,795 across 31 hospitalsWV$1,795Virginia: median $2,058 across 60 hospitalsVA$2,058Maryland: 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 $1,358 across 42 hospitalsAZ$1,358New Mexico: median $1,504 across 18 hospitalsNM$1,504Kansas: median $1,092 across 58 hospitalsKS$1,092Arkansas: median $1,395 across 19 hospitalsAR$1,395Tennessee: median $1,047 across 59 hospitalsTN$1,047North Carolina: median $1,552 across 68 hospitalsNC$1,552South Carolina: median $3,212 across 41 hospitalsSC$3,212Oklahoma: median $1,619 across 39 hospitalsOK$1,619Louisiana: median $1,285 across 41 hospitalsLA$1,285Mississippi: median $1,264 across 36 hospitalsMS$1,264Alabama: median $1,966 across 30 hospitalsAL$1,966Georgia: median $2,230 across 82 hospitalsGA$2,230Hawaii: median $2,006 across 15 hospitalsHI$2,006Texas: median $2,814 across 166 hospitalsTX$2,814Florida: median $2,777 across 109 hospitalsFL$2,777
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,046. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC41$3,212+57%$1,866 – $3,614
California CA176$3,150+54%$1,684 – $5,510
Ohio OH128$2,991+46%$1,481 – $4,572
Texas TX166$2,814+38%$1,620 – $4,297
Florida FL109$2,777+36%$1,193 – $7,052
Idaho ID20$2,583+26%$401 – $3,542
Utah UT30$2,583+26%$2,045 – $3,039
Illinois IL106$2,520+23%$963 – $4,012
New York NY96$2,282+12%$1,139 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA112$2,271+11%$1,284 – $3,926
Missouri MO59$2,230+9%$1,384 – $3,230
Georgia GA82$2,230+9%$1,546 – $3,691
Washington WA66$2,205+8%$900 – $3,562
Massachusetts MA46$2,182+7%$374 – $4,349
Connecticut CT22$2,134+4%$321 – $3,064
New Jersey NJ56$2,130+4%$1,719 – $5,230
Nebraska NE50$2,117+3%$753 – $2,775
Virginia VA60$2,058+1%$1,072 – $2,926
Hawaii HI15$2,006−2%$595 – $3,884
Kentucky KY36$1,985−3%$640 – $3,296
Alabama AL30$1,966−4%$1,304 – $3,191
Colorado CO56$1,962−4%$942 – $3,353
North Dakota ND11$1,880−8%$554 – $2,648
Michigan MI79$1,835−10%$887 – $2,649
West Virginia WV31$1,795−12%$1,457 – $2,926
Alaska AK11$1,744−15%$835 – $2,902
Nevada NV15$1,712−16%$679 – $5,018
Oregon OR51$1,653−19%$231 – $3,852
Indiana IN74$1,635−20%$1,032 – $2,791
Oklahoma OK39$1,619−21%$994 – $2,250
Minnesota MN83$1,604−22%$932 – $2,196
South Dakota SD15$1,561−24%$734 – $2,292
North Carolina NC68$1,552−24%$1,009 – $2,311
New Hampshire NH12$1,528−25%$107 – $2,047
Wisconsin WI98$1,511−26%$891 – $2,677
New Mexico NM18$1,504−27%$649 – $2,528
Wyoming WY12$1,501−27%$503 – $1,789
Arkansas AR19$1,395−32%$540 – $2,170
Arizona AZ42$1,358−34%$876 – $8,885
Louisiana LA41$1,285−37%$757 – $2,341
Mississippi MS36$1,264−38%$784 – $3,640
Maine ME18$1,218−40%$440 – $2,368
Iowa IA70$1,204−41%$374 – $2,530
Kansas KS58$1,092−47%$624 – $2,200
Tennessee TN59$1,047−49%$525 – $1,714
Montana MT19$632−69%$146 – $2,243
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
Vermont VT7not 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 $2,046.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,957$2,194$1,149 – $3,845
Children’s60$3,310$1,519 – $7,589
Critical access544$1,453$495 – $2,610
Ownership
For-profit283$2,414$1,217 – $5,167
Government427$1,569$684 – $2,814
Non-profit1,851$2,134$1,073 – $3,629
System affiliation
Part of a system2,130$2,166$1,084 – $3,703
Independent440$1,556$556 – $3,111

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,815
Median cash price$2,046
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

1,882 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,201 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,267; most fall between $1,080 and $3,755.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,882 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
$684$1,267$2,201$3,378$5,204

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($684 vs $5,204).

Of the 2,039 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,882 gave a usable cash price; 69 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 88 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,570 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (65%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,782 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,570
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here109
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded94
Hospitals that filed this code2,782

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/Rs&I 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 with imaging guidance, age 5 and up (CPT 36573) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36573-picc-line-placement-with-imaging-guidance-age-5-and-up