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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Placement of an artery line for monitoring

CPT 36620the billing code this page is about

A catheter is inserted into an artery through the skin to allow continuous pressure monitoring or repeated blood sampling.

Hospitals typically charge $314 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,479 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $372. Most fall between $113 and $863 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,479
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 2,479 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
$76$138$314$710$1,482

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($76 vs $1,482).

How the prices are spread

$54 – $80: 151 hospitals$54$80 – $120: 265 hospitals$120 – $178: 219 hospitals$120$178 – $265: 354 hospitals$265 – $394: 268 hospitals$265$394 – $585: 360 hospitals$585 – $871: 261 hospitals$585$871 – $1,296: 193 hospitals$1,296 – $1,928: 108 hospitals$1,296$1,928 – $2,868: 56 hospitals$1,928median $314price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,235 of 2,479 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$54$80151
$80$120265
$120$178219
$178$265354
$265$394268
$394$585360
$585$871261
$871$1,296193
$1,296$1,928108
$1,928$2,86856

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $314.

Alaska: median $809 across 13 hospitalsAK$809Maine: median $103 across 20 hospitalsME$103Vermont: median $146 across 11 hospitalsVT$146New Hampshire: median $133 across 17 hospitalsNH$133Washington: median $320 across 61 hospitalsWA$320Idaho: median $485 across 16 hospitalsID$485Montana: median $120 across 17 hospitalsMT$120North Dakota: median $144 across 11 hospitalsND$144Minnesota: median $336 across 74 hospitalsMN$336Illinois: median $401 across 100 hospitalsIL$401Wisconsin: median $382 across 93 hospitalsWI$382Michigan: median $241 across 75 hospitalsMI$241New York: median $200 across 80 hospitalsNY$200Massachusetts: median $203 across 40 hospitalsMA$203Oregon: median $146 across 48 hospitalsOR$146Nevada: median $244 across 16 hospitalsNV$244Wyoming: median $159 across 12 hospitalsWY$159South Dakota: median $302 across 16 hospitalsSD$302Iowa: median $195 across 47 hospitalsIA$195Indiana: median $287 across 74 hospitalsIN$287Ohio: median $649 across 123 hospitalsOH$649Pennsylvania: median $375 across 109 hospitalsPA$375New Jersey: median $1,307 across 39 hospitalsNJ$1,307Connecticut: median $230 across 19 hospitalsCT$230Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $536 across 180 hospitalsCA$536Utah: median $59 across 22 hospitalsUT$59Colorado: median $383 across 59 hospitalsCO$383Nebraska: median $111 across 37 hospitalsNE$111Missouri: median $350 across 66 hospitalsMO$350Kentucky: median $421 across 46 hospitalsKY$421West Virginia: median $285 across 32 hospitalsWV$285Virginia: median $335 across 54 hospitalsVA$335Maryland: median $107 across 18 hospitalsMD$107Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $215 across 42 hospitalsAZ$215New Mexico: median $207 across 19 hospitalsNM$207Kansas: median $182 across 38 hospitalsKS$182Arkansas: median $432 across 23 hospitalsAR$432Tennessee: median $184 across 45 hospitalsTN$184North Carolina: median $274 across 77 hospitalsNC$274South Carolina: median $468 across 41 hospitalsSC$468Oklahoma: median $142 across 44 hospitalsOK$142Louisiana: median $450 across 49 hospitalsLA$450Mississippi: median $199 across 42 hospitalsMS$199Alabama: median $439 across 29 hospitalsAL$439Georgia: median $301 across 83 hospitalsGA$301Hawaii: median $152 across 14 hospitalsHI$152Texas: median $451 across 168 hospitalsTX$451Florida: median $432 across 108 hospitalsFL$432
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $314. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ39$1,307+316%$53 – $5,110
Alaska AK13$809+158%$349 – $1,168
Ohio OH123$649+107%$190 – $978
California CA180$536+71%$174 – $2,121
Idaho ID16$485+55%$350 – $1,885
South Carolina SC41$468+49%$203 – $786
Texas TX168$451+44%$205 – $851
Louisiana LA49$450+43%$104 – $1,598
Alabama AL29$439+40%$56 – $1,485
Arkansas AR23$432+38%$176 – $631
Florida FL108$432+37%$213 – $1,210
Kentucky KY46$421+34%$127 – $1,378
Illinois IL100$401+28%$122 – $777
Colorado CO59$383+22%$121 – $1,511
Wisconsin WI93$382+22%$205 – $557
Pennsylvania PA109$375+19%$74 – $1,205
Missouri MO66$350+11%$198 – $659
Minnesota MN74$336+7%$173 – $583
Virginia VA54$335+7%$107 – $952
Washington WA61$320+2%$145 – $875
South Dakota SD16$302−4%$270 – $610
Georgia GA83$301−4%$113 – $475
Indiana IN74$287−9%$95 – $769
West Virginia WV32$285−9%$108 – $835
North Carolina NC77$274−13%$102 – $763
Nevada NV16$244−22%$179 – $609
Michigan MI75$241−23%$89 – $540
Connecticut CT19$230−27%$141 – $487
Arizona AZ42$215−32%$149 – $1,274
New Mexico NM19$207−34%$96 – $642
Massachusetts MA40$203−35%$107 – $1,188
New York NY80$200−36%$55 – $445
Mississippi MS42$199−37%$95 – $419
Iowa IA47$195−38%$85 – $500
Tennessee TN45$184−42%$121 – $550
Kansas KS38$182−42%$81 – $328
Wyoming WY12$159−49%$122 – $365
Hawaii HI14$152−51%$78 – $220
Oregon OR48$146−53%$83 – $383
Vermont VT11$146−54%$83 – $363
North Dakota ND11$144−54%$84 – $666
Oklahoma OK44$142−55%$63 – $582
New Hampshire NH17$133−58%$73 – $203
Montana MT17$120−62%$77 – $228
Nebraska NE37$111−65%$68 – $520
Maryland MD18$107−66%$90 – $116
Maine ME20$103−67%$62 – $287
Utah UT22$59−81%$33 – $1,292
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $314.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,923$350$124 – $917
Children’s50$602$159 – $1,133
Critical access497$206$92 – $555
Ownership
For-profit263$583$205 – $2,196
Government386$241$102 – $646
Non-profit1,821$306$112 – $849
System affiliation
Part of a system2,060$343$122 – $882
Independent419$222$90 – $708

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$575
Median cash price$314
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

1,912 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $323 and the average of the middle 60% is $378; most fall between $122 and $828.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,912 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
$81$159$323$696$1,307

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($81 vs $1,307).

Of the 2,056 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,912 gave a usable cash price; 44 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 100 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,479 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (63%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,725 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,479
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded160
Hospitals that filed this code2,725

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Artl Cathj/Cannulj Mntr/Transfusion Spx Prq.

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, “Placement of an artery line for monitoring (CPT 36620) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36620-placement-of-an-artery-line-for-monitoring