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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Artery line placed through a surgical incision

CPT 36625the billing code this page is about

A catheter is placed into an artery after a small incision exposes the vessel, used for blood sampling or pressure monitoring; billed as a procedure in itself.

Hospitals typically charge $325 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 746 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $400. Most fall between $173 and $910 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
746
States
49
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 746 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
$138$180$325$773$1,412

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($138 vs $1,412).

How the prices are spread

$110 – $151: 61 hospitals$110$151 – $206: 130 hospitals$206 – $282: 119 hospitals$206$282 – $386: 66 hospitals$386 – $528: 75 hospitals$386$528 – $723: 63 hospitals$723 – $989: 72 hospitals$723$989 – $1,353: 45 hospitals$1,353 – $1,852: 22 hospitals$1,353$1,852 – $2,535: 20 hospitals$1,852median $325price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (673 of 746 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$110$15161
$151$206130
$206$282119
$282$38666
$386$52875
$528$72363
$723$98972
$989$1,35345
$1,353$1,85222
$1,852$2,53520

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $325.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $238 across 22 hospitalsWA$238Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $312 across 29 hospitalsIL$312Wisconsin: median $146 across 10 hospitalsWI$146Michigan: median $245 across 43 hospitalsMI$245New York: median $325 across 35 hospitalsNY$325Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $390 across 19 hospitalsOR$390Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $265 across 20 hospitalsIA$265Indiana: median $208 across 24 hospitalsIN$208Ohio: median $968 across 38 hospitalsOH$968Pennsylvania: median $167 across 30 hospitalsPA$167New Jersey: median $4,881 across 14 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $279 across 90 hospitalsCA$279Utah: median $891 across 23 hospitalsUT$891Colorado: median $306 across 18 hospitalsCO$306Nebraska: median $199 across 11 hospitalsNE$199Missouri: median $170 across 10 hospitalsMO$170Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $389 across 17 hospitalsNC$389South Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $173 across 14 hospitalsOK$173Louisiana: median $939 across 15 hospitalsLA$939Mississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $188 across 34 hospitalsGA$188Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $372 across 56 hospitalsTX$372Florida: median $1,042 across 28 hospitalsFL$1,042
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $325. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ14$4,881+1404%$3,786 – $5,855
Florida FL28$1,042+221%$389 – $2,446
Ohio OH38$968+198%$260 – $1,063
Louisiana LA15$939+189%$535 – $2,564
Utah UT23$891+175%$831 – $990
Oregon OR19$390+20%$189 – $721
North Carolina NC17$389+20%$326 – $394
Texas TX56$372+15%$361 – $584
New York NY35$3250%$160 – $549
Illinois IL29$312−4%$167 – $821
Colorado CO18$306−6%$233 – $620
California CA90$279−14%$162 – $910
Iowa IA20$265−18%$183 – $265
Michigan MI43$245−25%$162 – $481
Washington WA22$238−27%$181 – $1,431
Indiana IN24$208−36%$167 – $296
Nebraska NE11$199−39%$135 – $221
Georgia GA34$188−42%$179 – $1,113
Oklahoma OK14$173−47%$173 – $304
Missouri MO10$170−48%$149 – $202
Pennsylvania PA30$167−49%$67 – $391
Wisconsin WI10$146−55%$131 – $146
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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 $325.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care605$350$173 – $910
Children’s21$451$149 – $1,165
Critical access117$265$163 – $891
Ownership
For-profit56$285$173 – $753
Government100$350$183 – $680
Non-profit587$319$170 – $923
System affiliation
Part of a system628$360$173 – $939
Independent118$279$173 – $675

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$564
Median cash price$325
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

599 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $389 and the average of the middle 60% is $436; most fall between $178 and $910.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 599 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
$153$191$389$831$1,357

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($153 vs $1,357).

Of the 653 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 599 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

746 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 836 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted746
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded46
Hospitals that filed this code836

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 23, 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 Cutdown.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Artery line placed through a surgical incision (CPT 36625) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36625-artery-line-placed-through-a-surgical-incision