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Procedure price report · Other vascular catheterization, not heart

Retrieval of a foreign object from a blood vessel

CPT 37197the billing code this page is about

A catheter is used to capture and remove an object such as a broken catheter fragment, wire, or device from inside a blood vessel, including guidance imaging.

Hospitals typically charge $4,275 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,769 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,521. Most fall between $2,456 and $7,324 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,769
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 1,769 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
$1,634$2,928$4,275$6,675$10,679

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,634 vs $10,679).

How the prices are spread

$1,021 – $1,335: 36 hospitals$1,021$1,335 – $1,746: 77 hospitals$1,746 – $2,284: 136 hospitals$1,746$2,284 – $2,987: 127 hospitals$2,987 – $3,906: 315 hospitals$2,987$3,906 – $5,108: 284 hospitals$5,108 – $6,681: 267 hospitals$5,108$6,681 – $8,737: 169 hospitals$8,737 – $11,427: 112 hospitals$8,737$11,427 – $14,944: 76 hospitals$11,427median $4,275price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,599 of 1,769 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,021$1,33536
$1,335$1,74677
$1,746$2,284136
$2,284$2,987127
$2,987$3,906315
$3,906$5,108284
$5,108$6,681267
$6,681$8,737169
$8,737$11,427112
$11,427$14,94476

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$4,275
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.33×

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 $4,275.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,101 across 42 hospitalsWA$4,101Idaho: median $4,148 across 12 hospitalsID$4,148Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,065 across 36 hospitalsMN$4,065Illinois: median $3,613 across 73 hospitalsIL$3,613Wisconsin: median $3,070 across 57 hospitalsWI$3,070Michigan: median $2,947 across 64 hospitalsMI$2,947New York: median $3,948 across 66 hospitalsNY$3,948Massachusetts: median $4,545 across 27 hospitalsMA$4,545Oregon: median $5,021 across 31 hospitalsOR$5,021Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $5,640 across 21 hospitalsIA$5,640Indiana: median $4,015 across 53 hospitalsIN$4,015Ohio: median $4,766 across 101 hospitalsOH$4,766Pennsylvania: median $5,317 across 92 hospitalsPA$5,317New Jersey: median $4,200 across 55 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: median $6,526 across 15 hospitalsCT$6,526Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,553 across 138 hospitalsCA$6,553Utah: median $5,222 across 11 hospitalsUT$5,222Colorado: median $6,200 across 32 hospitalsCO$6,200Nebraska: median $3,327 across 16 hospitalsNE$3,327Missouri: median $3,006 across 44 hospitalsMO$3,006Kentucky: median $3,856 across 18 hospitalsKY$3,856West Virginia: median $904 across 16 hospitalsWV$904Virginia: median $3,300 across 36 hospitalsVA$3,300Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,237 across 35 hospitalsAZ$3,237New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,142 across 15 hospitalsKS$2,142Arkansas: median $2,240 across 16 hospitalsAR$2,240Tennessee: median $2,062 across 44 hospitalsTN$2,062North Carolina: median $2,068 across 42 hospitalsNC$2,068South Carolina: median $5,578 across 38 hospitalsSC$5,578Oklahoma: median $2,155 across 33 hospitalsOK$2,155Louisiana: median $3,243 across 32 hospitalsLA$3,243Mississippi: median $2,681 across 29 hospitalsMS$2,681Alabama: median $3,796 across 24 hospitalsAL$3,796Georgia: median $4,480 across 64 hospitalsGA$4,480Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,603 across 158 hospitalsTX$5,603Florida: median $5,124 across 95 hospitalsFL$5,124
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,275. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA138$6,553+53%$3,934 – $10,857
Connecticut CT15$6,526+53%$3,540 – $10,176
Colorado CO32$6,200+45%$4,419 – $9,836
Iowa IA21$5,640+32%$3,890 – $6,279
Texas TX158$5,603+31%$3,569 – $9,134
South Carolina SC38$5,578+30%$2,188 – $7,197
Pennsylvania PA92$5,317+24%$3,322 – $12,006
Utah UT11$5,222+22%$5,072 – $6,005
Florida FL95$5,124+20%$3,669 – $8,007
Oregon OR31$5,021+17%$3,392 – $6,490
Ohio OH101$4,766+12%$3,587 – $7,356
Massachusetts MA27$4,545+6%$2,840 – $6,367
Georgia GA64$4,480+5%$3,691 – $8,811
New Jersey NJ55$4,200−2%$3,484 – $6,839
Idaho ID12$4,148−3%$3,515 – $7,280
Washington WA42$4,101−4%$2,936 – $6,493
Minnesota MN36$4,065−5%$3,071 – $5,995
Indiana IN53$4,015−6%$2,390 – $7,681
New York NY66$3,948−8%$2,822 – $7,337
Kentucky KY18$3,856−10%$1,430 – $12,638
Alabama AL24$3,796−11%$1,990 – $5,270
Illinois IL73$3,613−15%$1,942 – $7,143
Nebraska NE16$3,327−22%$2,580 – $3,931
Virginia VA36$3,300−23%$3,188 – $3,879
Louisiana LA32$3,243−24%$2,166 – $6,209
Arizona AZ35$3,237−24%$1,700 – $19,030
Wisconsin WI57$3,070−28%$2,073 – $4,850
Missouri MO44$3,006−30%$2,442 – $5,644
Michigan MI64$2,947−31%$592 – $7,093
Mississippi MS29$2,681−37%$2,118 – $4,547
Arkansas AR16$2,240−48%$1,204 – $4,429
Oklahoma OK33$2,155−50%$1,397 – $4,183
Kansas KS15$2,142−50%$1,661 – $3,299
North Carolina NC42$2,068−52%$1,963 – $4,145
Tennessee TN44$2,062−52%$1,043 – $3,710
West Virginia WV16$904−79%$316 – $3,184
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $4,275.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,584$4,218$2,495 – $7,493
Children’s45$5,270$3,469 – $10,857
Critical access132$4,145$2,073 – $6,302
Ownership
For-profit212$4,570$2,523 – $9,971
Government213$3,725$2,117 – $5,902
Non-profit1,336$4,322$2,550 – $7,288
System affiliation
Part of a system1,529$4,309$2,589 – $7,288
Independent240$3,934$1,747 – $7,372

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,149
Median cash price$4,275
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

1,377 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,516 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,706; most fall between $2,580 and $7,541.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,377 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
$1,718$3,003$4,516$6,810$10,679

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,718 vs $10,679).

Of the 1,490 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,377 gave a usable cash price; 52 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,769 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,914 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,769
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here78
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded65
Hospitals that filed this code1,914

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 Prq Transcatheter Rtrvl Intrvas FB With Imaging.

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, “Retrieval of a foreign object from a blood vessel (CPT 37197) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37197-retrieval-of-a-foreign-object-from-a-blood-vessel