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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures, hemic and lymphatic system

Needle placed into bone for fluids or medicine

CPT 36680the billing code this page is about

A needle is inserted through the bone surface into the marrow space so fluids or drugs can be given when a vein cannot be used.

Hospitals typically charge $359 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,461 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $365. Most fall between $160 and $632 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,461
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 2,461 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
$112$196$359$560$922

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($112 vs $922).

How the prices are spread

$88 – $117: 155 hospitals$88$117 – $155: 180 hospitals$155 – $205: 225 hospitals$155$205 – $271: 262 hospitals$271 – $358: 278 hospitals$271$358 – $474: 416 hospitals$474 – $627: 322 hospitals$474$627 – $829: 191 hospitals$829 – $1,097: 132 hospitals$829$1,097 – $1,451: 56 hospitals$1,097median $359price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,217 of 2,461 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$88$117155
$117$155180
$155$205225
$205$271262
$271$358278
$358$474416
$474$627322
$627$829191
$829$1,097132
$1,097$1,45156

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$456
Median cash price$359
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.79×

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 $359.

Alaska: median $322 across 12 hospitalsAK$322Maine: median $267 across 19 hospitalsME$267Vermont: median $490 across 11 hospitalsVT$490New Hampshire: median $174 across 16 hospitalsNH$174Washington: median $368 across 61 hospitalsWA$368Idaho: median $388 across 16 hospitalsID$388Montana: median $198 across 24 hospitalsMT$198North Dakota: median $556 across 25 hospitalsND$556Minnesota: median $374 across 91 hospitalsMN$374Illinois: median $350 across 108 hospitalsIL$350Wisconsin: median $248 across 86 hospitalsWI$248Michigan: median $341 across 76 hospitalsMI$341New York: median $472 across 90 hospitalsNY$472Massachusetts: median $418 across 41 hospitalsMA$418Oregon: median $291 across 48 hospitalsOR$291Nevada: median $335 across 17 hospitalsNV$335Wyoming: median $280 across 15 hospitalsWY$280South Dakota: median $363 across 27 hospitalsSD$363Iowa: median $196 across 70 hospitalsIA$196Indiana: median $265 across 48 hospitalsIN$265Ohio: median $403 across 109 hospitalsOH$403Pennsylvania: median $471 across 110 hospitalsPA$471New Jersey: median $1,022 across 49 hospitalsNJ$1,022Connecticut: median $375 across 20 hospitalsCT$375Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $617 across 127 hospitalsCA$617Utah: median $459 across 19 hospitalsUT$459Colorado: median $360 across 60 hospitalsCO$360Nebraska: median $209 across 55 hospitalsNE$209Missouri: median $294 across 47 hospitalsMO$294Kentucky: median $335 across 48 hospitalsKY$335West Virginia: median $475 across 35 hospitalsWV$475Virginia: median $352 across 56 hospitalsVA$352Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $190 across 35 hospitalsAZ$190New Mexico: median $302 across 22 hospitalsNM$302Kansas: median $244 across 67 hospitalsKS$244Arkansas: median $216 across 25 hospitalsAR$216Tennessee: median $110 across 53 hospitalsTN$110North Carolina: median $194 across 57 hospitalsNC$194South Carolina: median $311 across 45 hospitalsSC$311Oklahoma: median $248 across 56 hospitalsOK$248Louisiana: median $187 across 43 hospitalsLA$187Mississippi: median $221 across 47 hospitalsMS$221Alabama: median $402 across 25 hospitalsAL$402Georgia: median $472 across 84 hospitalsGA$472Hawaii: median $526 across 11 hospitalsHI$526Texas: median $362 across 157 hospitalsTX$362Florida: median $572 across 84 hospitalsFL$572
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $359. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ49$1,022+185%$470 – $4,350
California CA127$617+72%$405 – $932
Florida FL84$572+59%$203 – $1,062
North Dakota ND25$556+55%$159 – $693
Hawaii HI11$526+46%$434 – $735
Vermont VT11$490+37%$135 – $856
West Virginia WV35$475+32%$338 – $612
Georgia GA84$472+32%$189 – $807
New York NY90$472+32%$162 – $801
Pennsylvania PA110$471+31%$185 – $675
Utah UT19$459+28%$441 – $525
Massachusetts MA41$418+16%$206 – $607
Ohio OH109$403+12%$245 – $748
Alabama AL25$402+12%$203 – $955
Idaho ID16$388+8%$127 – $1,025
Connecticut CT20$375+4%$259 – $637
Minnesota MN91$374+4%$190 – $439
Washington WA61$368+3%$173 – $603
South Dakota SD27$363+1%$154 – $501
Texas TX157$362+1%$199 – $508
Colorado CO60$3600%$187 – $560
Virginia VA56$352−2%$202 – $425
Illinois IL108$350−3%$203 – $704
Michigan MI76$341−5%$200 – $497
Kentucky KY48$335−7%$194 – $475
Nevada NV17$335−7%$226 – $485
Alaska AK12$322−10%$193 – $608
South Carolina SC45$311−13%$244 – $572
New Mexico NM22$302−16%$141 – $500
Missouri MO47$294−18%$169 – $574
Oregon OR48$291−19%$153 – $480
Wyoming WY15$280−22%$75 – $544
Maine ME19$267−26%$96 – $470
Indiana IN48$265−26%$170 – $627
Oklahoma OK56$248−31%$142 – $477
Wisconsin WI86$248−31%$140 – $534
Kansas KS67$244−32%$110 – $420
Mississippi MS47$221−38%$110 – $479
Arkansas AR25$216−40%$100 – $252
Nebraska NE55$209−42%$134 – $522
Montana MT24$198−45%$94 – $414
Iowa IA70$196−45%$112 – $334
North Carolina NC57$194−46%$115 – $451
Arizona AZ35$190−47%$138 – $899
Louisiana LA43$187−48%$117 – $289
New Hampshire NH16$174−52%$100 – $352
Tennessee TN53$110−69%$63 – $610
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $359.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,678$390$189 – $721
Children’s38$437$201 – $620
Critical access737$272$131 – $510
Ownership
For-profit229$446$202 – $1,006
Government483$280$136 – $545
Non-profit1,741$364$169 – $636
System affiliation
Part of a system1,965$367$175 – $672
Independent496$271$128 – $551

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$577
Median cash price$359
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. 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

1,881 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $362 and the average of the middle 60% is $374; most fall between $166 and $665.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,881 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
$115$199$362$572$917

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($115 vs $917).

Of the 2,007 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,881 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 85 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,461 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (62%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,627 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,461
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here70
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 — excluded94
Hospitals that filed this code2,627

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 therapeutic procedures, hemic and lymphatic system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Placement Needle Intraosseous Infusion.

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, “Needle placed into bone for fluids or medicine (CPT 36680) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36680-needle-placed-into-bone-for-fluids-or-medicine