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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Repositioning of a central venous catheter

CPT 36597the billing code this page is about

Moving the tip of an already placed central venous catheter back into correct position, using X-ray guidance.

Hospitals typically charge $1,533 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,855 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,603. Most fall between $604 and $2,878 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,855
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 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 1,855 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
$311$815$1,533$2,535$4,338

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($311 vs $4,338).

How the prices are spread

$199 – $278: 71 hospitals$199$278 – $389: 53 hospitals$389 – $544: 73 hospitals$389$544 – $760: 159 hospitals$760 – $1,063: 164 hospitals$760$1,063 – $1,486: 278 hospitals$1,486 – $2,078: 319 hospitals$1,486$2,078 – $2,906: 281 hospitals$2,906 – $4,064: 164 hospitals$2,906$4,064 – $5,682: 116 hospitals$4,064median $1,533price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,678 of 1,855 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$199$27871
$278$38953
$389$54473
$544$760159
$760$1,063164
$1,063$1,486278
$1,486$2,078319
$2,078$2,906281
$2,906$4,064164
$4,064$5,682116

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,608
Median cash price$1,533
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.95×

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 $1,533.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,184 across 47 hospitalsWA$1,184Idaho: median $1,784 across 13 hospitalsID$1,784Montana: median $190 across 15 hospitalsMT$190North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,329 across 47 hospitalsMN$1,329Illinois: median $1,360 across 82 hospitalsIL$1,360Wisconsin: median $1,195 across 66 hospitalsWI$1,195Michigan: median $1,370 across 60 hospitalsMI$1,370New York: median $1,964 across 61 hospitalsNY$1,964Massachusetts: median $2,142 across 31 hospitalsMA$2,142Oregon: median $2,168 across 35 hospitalsOR$2,168Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $859 across 29 hospitalsIA$859Indiana: median $1,028 across 56 hospitalsIN$1,028Ohio: median $2,101 across 110 hospitalsOH$2,101Pennsylvania: median $1,815 across 92 hospitalsPA$1,815New Jersey: median $2,074 across 55 hospitalsNJ$2,074Connecticut: median $1,776 across 16 hospitalsCT$1,776Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,252 across 143 hospitalsCA$2,252Utah: median $1,344 across 23 hospitalsUT$1,344Colorado: median $1,465 across 39 hospitalsCO$1,465Nebraska: median $712 across 20 hospitalsNE$712Missouri: median $1,880 across 41 hospitalsMO$1,880Kentucky: median $3,361 across 23 hospitalsKY$3,361West Virginia: median $1,118 across 14 hospitalsWV$1,118Virginia: median $1,149 across 42 hospitalsVA$1,149Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $891 across 38 hospitalsAZ$891New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $947 across 17 hospitalsKS$947Arkansas: median $1,024 across 14 hospitalsAR$1,024Tennessee: median $537 across 44 hospitalsTN$537North Carolina: median $599 across 48 hospitalsNC$599South Carolina: median $1,433 across 35 hospitalsSC$1,433Oklahoma: median $1,036 across 32 hospitalsOK$1,036Louisiana: median $1,048 across 31 hospitalsLA$1,048Mississippi: median $619 across 20 hospitalsMS$619Alabama: median $874 across 20 hospitalsAL$874Georgia: median $2,499 across 64 hospitalsGA$2,499Hawaii: median $1,294 across 12 hospitalsHI$1,294Texas: median $1,533 across 155 hospitalsTX$1,533Florida: median $2,050 across 87 hospitalsFL$2,050
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,533. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY23$3,361+119%$715 – $4,839
Georgia GA64$2,499+63%$1,593 – $3,604
California CA143$2,252+47%$1,369 – $4,594
Oregon OR35$2,168+41%$199 – $3,783
Massachusetts MA31$2,142+40%$1,462 – $3,911
Ohio OH110$2,101+37%$1,294 – $3,357
New Jersey NJ55$2,074+35%$1,719 – $5,110
Florida FL87$2,050+34%$707 – $3,994
New York NY61$1,964+28%$1,470 – $3,240
Missouri MO41$1,880+23%$859 – $2,409
Pennsylvania PA92$1,815+18%$976 – $3,080
Idaho ID13$1,784+16%$1,344 – $3,542
Connecticut CT16$1,776+16%$1,189 – $3,190
Texas TX155$1,5330%$1,060 – $2,878
Colorado CO39$1,465−4%$901 – $2,234
South Carolina SC35$1,433−6%$1,097 – $3,383
Michigan MI60$1,370−11%$261 – $2,165
Illinois IL82$1,360−11%$401 – $2,862
Utah UT23$1,344−12%$1,344 – $1,581
Minnesota MN47$1,329−13%$241 – $2,052
Hawaii HI12$1,294−16%$1,102 – $2,590
Wisconsin WI66$1,195−22%$596 – $2,289
Washington WA47$1,184−23%$322 – $2,929
Virginia VA42$1,149−25%$562 – $1,894
West Virginia WV14$1,118−27%$171 – $4,034
Louisiana LA31$1,048−32%$706 – $2,053
Oklahoma OK32$1,036−32%$233 – $1,830
Indiana IN56$1,028−33%$526 – $2,024
Arkansas AR14$1,024−33%$377 – $1,387
Kansas KS17$947−38%$564 – $2,561
Arizona AZ38$891−42%$604 – $4,991
Alabama AL20$874−43%$490 – $1,404
Iowa IA29$859−44%$277 – $1,743
Nebraska NE20$712−54%$284 – $1,107
Mississippi MS20$619−60%$434 – $1,200
North Carolina NC48$599−61%$503 – $1,755
Tennessee TN44$537−65%$282 – $1,306
Montana MT15$190−88%$167 – $482
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not 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 $1,533.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,601$1,573$706 – $2,945
Children’s46$1,715$837 – $2,987
Critical access200$914$211 – $2,289
Ownership
For-profit200$1,786$788 – $3,788
Government246$1,160$455 – $2,252
Non-profit1,401$1,560$649 – $2,869
System affiliation
Part of a system1,583$1,564$657 – $3,006
Independent272$1,317$302 – $2,405

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,652
Median cash price$1,533
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

1,427 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,538 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,657; most fall between $640 and $3,102.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,427 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
$375$837$1,538$2,597$4,342

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($375 vs $4,342).

Of the 1,530 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,427 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 61 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,855 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (47%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,009 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,855
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here85
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded68
Hospitals that filed this code2,009

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 Rpsg Previously Placed Cvc Under Fluor Gdnce.

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, “Repositioning of a central venous catheter (CPT 36597) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36597-repositioning-of-a-central-venous-catheter