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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures

Blood draw from an implanted port

CPT 36591the billing code this page is about

Collection of a blood sample taken through a fully implanted venous access device rather than by a standard needle stick.

Hospitals typically charge $148 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,963 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $152. Most fall between $83 and $265 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,963
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 2,963 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
$55$92$148$230$381

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($55 vs $381).

How the prices are spread

$38 – $50: 109 hospitals$38$50 – $65: 139 hospitals$65 – $84: 230 hospitals$65$84 – $108: 391 hospitals$108 – $141: 375 hospitals$108$141 – $182: 513 hospitals$182 – $236: 352 hospitals$182$236 – $306: 242 hospitals$306 – $397: 193 hospitals$306$397 – $515: 128 hospitals$397median $148price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,672 of 2,963 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$38$50109
$50$65139
$65$84230
$84$108391
$108$141375
$141$182513
$182$236352
$236$306242
$306$397193
$397$515128

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$136
Median cash price$148
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.09×

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 $148.

Alaska: median $173 across 16 hospitalsAK$173Maine: median $99 across 24 hospitalsME$99Vermont: median $155 across 10 hospitalsVT$155New Hampshire: median $87 across 22 hospitalsNH$87Washington: median $174 across 72 hospitalsWA$174Idaho: median $150 across 22 hospitalsID$150Montana: median $110 across 23 hospitalsMT$110North Dakota: median $166 across 25 hospitalsND$166Minnesota: median $121 across 103 hospitalsMN$121Illinois: median $168 across 125 hospitalsIL$168Wisconsin: median $108 across 102 hospitalsWI$108Michigan: median $113 across 74 hospitalsMI$113New York: median $153 across 105 hospitalsNY$153Massachusetts: median $202 across 44 hospitalsMA$202Oregon: median $150 across 51 hospitalsOR$150Nevada: median $144 across 20 hospitalsNV$144Wyoming: median $105 across 14 hospitalsWY$105South Dakota: median $135 across 33 hospitalsSD$135Iowa: median $107 across 84 hospitalsIA$107Indiana: median $160 across 91 hospitalsIN$160Ohio: median $198 across 133 hospitalsOH$198Pennsylvania: median $157 across 120 hospitalsPA$157New Jersey: median $172 across 56 hospitalsNJ$172Connecticut: median $191 across 20 hospitalsCT$191Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $223 across 176 hospitalsCA$223Utah: median $171 across 30 hospitalsUT$171Colorado: median $169 across 68 hospitalsCO$169Nebraska: median $146 across 66 hospitalsNE$146Missouri: median $118 across 76 hospitalsMO$118Kentucky: median $159 across 60 hospitalsKY$159West Virginia: median $154 across 36 hospitalsWV$154Virginia: median $113 across 66 hospitalsVA$113Maryland: median $257 across 26 hospitalsMD$257Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $128 across 38 hospitalsAZ$128New Mexico: median $150 across 27 hospitalsNM$150Kansas: median $92 across 67 hospitalsKS$92Arkansas: median $126 across 38 hospitalsAR$126Tennessee: median $80 across 70 hospitalsTN$80North Carolina: median $114 across 84 hospitalsNC$114South Carolina: median $176 across 45 hospitalsSC$176Oklahoma: median $116 across 63 hospitalsOK$116Louisiana: median $74 across 45 hospitalsLA$74Mississippi: median $95 across 43 hospitalsMS$95Alabama: median $120 across 31 hospitalsAL$120Georgia: median $204 across 94 hospitalsGA$204Hawaii: median $175 across 15 hospitalsHI$175Texas: median $174 across 170 hospitalsTX$174Florida: median $265 across 125 hospitalsFL$265
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $148. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL125$265+79%$104 – $398
Maryland MD26$257+74%$161 – $506
California CA176$223+51%$137 – $459
Georgia GA94$204+38%$105 – $344
Massachusetts MA44$202+37%$127 – $343
Ohio OH133$198+34%$98 – $439
Connecticut CT20$191+29%$150 – $248
South Carolina SC45$176+19%$117 – $252
Hawaii HI15$175+18%$124 – $263
Texas TX170$174+18%$77 – $270
Washington WA72$174+17%$92 – $261
Alaska AK16$173+17%$154 – $231
New Jersey NJ56$172+16%$143 – $3,986
Utah UT30$171+16%$147 – $186
Colorado CO68$169+15%$87 – $287
Illinois IL125$168+14%$85 – $281
North Dakota ND25$166+13%$96 – $189
Indiana IN91$160+8%$96 – $192
Kentucky KY60$159+7%$72 – $405
Pennsylvania PA120$157+6%$100 – $332
Vermont VT10$155+5%$71 – $170
West Virginia WV36$154+4%$101 – $229
New York NY105$153+3%$83 – $298
New Mexico NM27$150+1%$76 – $239
Idaho ID22$150+1%$85 – $296
Oregon OR51$150+1%$102 – $276
Nebraska NE66$146−1%$98 – $194
Nevada NV20$144−3%$86 – $376
South Dakota SD33$135−9%$98 – $193
Arizona AZ38$128−13%$80 – $515
Arkansas AR38$126−15%$53 – $203
Minnesota MN103$121−18%$69 – $144
Alabama AL31$120−19%$79 – $168
Missouri MO76$118−20%$82 – $197
Oklahoma OK63$116−21%$83 – $174
North Carolina NC84$114−23%$80 – $176
Virginia VA66$113−23%$77 – $168
Michigan MI74$113−24%$38 – $207
Montana MT23$110−26%$60 – $146
Wisconsin WI102$108−27%$83 – $131
Iowa IA84$107−27%$66 – $186
Wyoming WY14$105−29%$60 – $198
Maine ME24$99−33%$53 – $166
Mississippi MS43$95−35%$48 – $153
Kansas KS67$92−38%$57 – $153
New Hampshire NH22$87−41%$62 – $145
Tennessee TN70$80−46%$34 – $149
Louisiana LA45$74−50%$48 – $162
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not 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 $148.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,083$156$87 – $298
Children’s50$156$72 – $273
Critical access822$125$72 – $199
Ownership
For-profit326$158$89 – $381
Government533$134$70 – $218
Non-profit2,096$149$83 – $263
System affiliation
Part of a system2,430$150$85 – $274
Independent533$132$67 – $232

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$254
Median cash price$148
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,108 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $153 and the average of the middle 60% is $159; most fall between $87 and $274.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,108 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
$60$96$153$241$381

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($60 vs $381).

Of the 2,246 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,108 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 97 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,963 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (75%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,156 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,963
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here84
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded107
Hospitals that filed this code3,156

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 Collect Blood From Implant Venous Access Device.

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, “Blood draw from an implanted port (CPT 36591) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36591-blood-draw-from-an-implanted-port