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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures

Removal of a tunneled central IV catheter

CPT 36589the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a tunneled central venous catheter that has no port or pump under the skin.

Hospitals typically charge $1,030 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,596 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,086. Most fall between $426 and $2,005 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,596
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 2,596 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
$273$520$1,030$1,781$2,889

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($273 vs $2,889).

How the prices are spread

$197 – $267: 127 hospitals$197$267 – $361: 137 hospitals$361 – $489: 217 hospitals$361$489 – $662: 205 hospitals$662 – $897: 357 hospitals$662$897 – $1,214: 318 hospitals$1,214 – $1,645: 361 hospitals$1,214$1,645 – $2,227: 303 hospitals$2,227 – $3,015: 201 hospitals$2,227$3,015 – $4,083: 112 hospitals$3,015median $1,030price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,338 of 2,596 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$197$267127
$267$361137
$361$489217
$489$662205
$662$897357
$897$1,214318
$1,214$1,645361
$1,645$2,227303
$2,227$3,015201
$3,015$4,083112

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$641
Median cash price$1,030
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.61×

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 $1,030.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $828 across 18 hospitalsME$828Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,042 across 15 hospitalsNH$1,042Washington: median $962 across 67 hospitalsWA$962Idaho: median $1,422 across 20 hospitalsID$1,422Montana: median $257 across 24 hospitalsMT$257North Dakota: median $968 across 19 hospitalsND$968Minnesota: median $856 across 70 hospitalsMN$856Illinois: median $1,087 across 108 hospitalsIL$1,087Wisconsin: median $751 across 92 hospitalsWI$751Michigan: median $819 across 80 hospitalsMI$819New York: median $878 across 92 hospitalsNY$878Massachusetts: median $1,173 across 48 hospitalsMA$1,173Oregon: median $576 across 45 hospitalsOR$576Nevada: median $1,108 across 15 hospitalsNV$1,108Wyoming: median $433 across 13 hospitalsWY$433South Dakota: median $595 across 17 hospitalsSD$595Iowa: median $538 across 57 hospitalsIA$538Indiana: median $1,071 across 63 hospitalsIN$1,071Ohio: median $1,738 across 131 hospitalsOH$1,738Pennsylvania: median $1,050 across 119 hospitalsPA$1,050New Jersey: median $835 across 56 hospitalsNJ$835Connecticut: median $1,189 across 19 hospitalsCT$1,189Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,877 across 179 hospitalsCA$1,877Utah: median $1,169 across 29 hospitalsUT$1,169Colorado: median $1,164 across 50 hospitalsCO$1,164Nebraska: median $887 across 56 hospitalsNE$887Missouri: median $846 across 70 hospitalsMO$846Kentucky: median $872 across 40 hospitalsKY$872West Virginia: median $721 across 33 hospitalsWV$721Virginia: median $1,023 across 51 hospitalsVA$1,023Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $880 across 45 hospitalsAZ$880New Mexico: median $896 across 13 hospitalsNM$896Kansas: median $590 across 64 hospitalsKS$590Arkansas: median $533 across 23 hospitalsAR$533Tennessee: median $340 across 52 hospitalsTN$340North Carolina: median $1,166 across 64 hospitalsNC$1,166South Carolina: median $1,236 across 40 hospitalsSC$1,236Oklahoma: median $871 across 45 hospitalsOK$871Louisiana: median $839 across 44 hospitalsLA$839Mississippi: median $404 across 48 hospitalsMS$404Alabama: median $766 across 33 hospitalsAL$766Georgia: median $1,751 across 79 hospitalsGA$1,751Hawaii: median $1,123 across 15 hospitalsHI$1,123Texas: median $1,877 across 186 hospitalsTX$1,877Florida: median $1,483 across 107 hospitalsFL$1,483
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,030. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX186$1,877+82%$891 – $3,018
California CA179$1,877+82%$812 – $3,416
Georgia GA79$1,751+70%$687 – $2,769
Ohio OH131$1,738+69%$1,177 – $2,311
Florida FL107$1,483+44%$621 – $2,828
Idaho ID20$1,422+38%$388 – $1,672
South Carolina SC40$1,236+20%$775 – $1,599
Connecticut CT19$1,189+15%$715 – $1,769
Massachusetts MA48$1,173+14%$634 – $1,930
Utah UT29$1,169+13%$970 – $1,375
North Carolina NC64$1,166+13%$451 – $1,706
Colorado CO50$1,164+13%$597 – $1,425
Hawaii HI15$1,123+9%$567 – $1,378
Nevada NV15$1,108+8%$627 – $1,657
Illinois IL108$1,087+5%$397 – $2,311
Indiana IN63$1,071+4%$381 – $1,882
Pennsylvania PA119$1,050+2%$446 – $2,449
New Hampshire NH15$1,042+1%$193 – $1,193
Virginia VA51$1,023−1%$681 – $1,387
North Dakota ND19$968−6%$428 – $1,632
Washington WA67$962−7%$370 – $1,530
New Mexico NM13$896−13%$412 – $1,989
Nebraska NE56$887−14%$382 – $1,365
Arizona AZ45$880−15%$475 – $4,211
New York NY92$878−15%$435 – $1,802
Kentucky KY40$872−15%$306 – $3,129
Oklahoma OK45$871−15%$368 – $1,414
Minnesota MN70$856−17%$372 – $1,652
Missouri MO70$846−18%$311 – $2,552
Louisiana LA44$839−19%$401 – $1,432
New Jersey NJ56$835−19%$685 – $4,881
Maine ME18$828−20%$294 – $1,309
Michigan MI80$819−21%$278 – $1,454
Alabama AL33$766−26%$398 – $1,316
Wisconsin WI92$751−27%$452 – $1,052
West Virginia WV33$721−30%$264 – $1,230
South Dakota SD17$595−42%$452 – $1,424
Kansas KS64$590−43%$236 – $1,236
Oregon OR45$576−44%$298 – $1,535
Iowa IA57$538−48%$372 – $1,671
Arkansas AR23$533−48%$293 – $761
Wyoming WY13$433−58%$386 – $751
Mississippi MS48$404−61%$188 – $714
Tennessee TN52$340−67%$246 – $804
Montana MT24$257−75%$148 – $797
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
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

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 $1,030.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,964$1,165$547 – $2,294
Children’s51$1,571$766 – $2,875
Critical access572$576$268 – $1,265
Ownership
For-profit283$1,350$596 – $3,179
Government447$702$336 – $1,434
Non-profit1,857$1,087$452 – $2,007
System affiliation
Part of a system2,115$1,119$478 – $2,089
Independent481$713$321 – $1,476

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,824
Median cash price$1,030
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

1,889 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,177 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,216; most fall between $498 and $2,078.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,889 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
$308$626$1,177$1,900$2,850

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($308 vs $2,850).

Of the 2,034 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,889 gave a usable cash price; 54 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 90 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,596 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (66%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,801 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,596
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here96
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded99
Hospitals that filed this code2,801

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 non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rmvl Tun Cvc W/O Subq Port/Pmp.

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, “Removal of a tunneled central IV catheter (CPT 36589) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36589-removal-of-a-tunneled-central-iv-catheter