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Procedure price report · Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Removal of a tunneled abdominal catheter

CPT 49422the billing code this page is about

Procedure to take out a catheter that was tunneled under the skin into the abdominal cavity.

Hospitals typically charge $3,487 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,783 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,532. Most fall between $1,363 and $6,463 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,783
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 1,783 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
$772$1,820$3,487$5,419$9,411

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($772 vs $9,411).

How the prices are spread

$462 – $637: 52 hospitals$462$637 – $878: 75 hospitals$878 – $1,210: 98 hospitals$878$1,210 – $1,669: 104 hospitals$1,669 – $2,301: 158 hospitals$1,669$2,301 – $3,172: 245 hospitals$3,172 – $4,374: 306 hospitals$3,172$4,374 – $6,031: 270 hospitals$6,031 – $8,315: 162 hospitals$6,031$8,315 – $11,465: 135 hospitals$8,315median $3,487price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,605 of 1,783 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$462$63752
$637$87875
$878$1,21098
$1,210$1,669104
$1,669$2,301158
$2,301$3,172245
$3,172$4,374306
$4,374$6,031270
$6,031$8,315162
$8,315$11,465135

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,487
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.08×

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 $3,487.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,961 across 52 hospitalsWA$2,961Idaho: median $3,907 across 15 hospitalsID$3,907Montana: median $815 across 15 hospitalsMT$815North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,446 across 39 hospitalsMN$3,446Illinois: median $3,001 across 74 hospitalsIL$3,001Wisconsin: median $2,390 across 66 hospitalsWI$2,390Michigan: median $2,176 across 53 hospitalsMI$2,176New York: median $3,725 across 67 hospitalsNY$3,725Massachusetts: median $4,146 across 31 hospitalsMA$4,146Oregon: median $1,662 across 29 hospitalsOR$1,662Nevada: median $2,204 across 11 hospitalsNV$2,204Wyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $5,085 across 10 hospitalsSD$5,085Iowa: median $2,041 across 28 hospitalsIA$2,041Indiana: median $2,305 across 57 hospitalsIN$2,305Ohio: median $4,789 across 103 hospitalsOH$4,789Pennsylvania: median $3,730 across 82 hospitalsPA$3,730New Jersey: median $4,129 across 51 hospitalsNJ$4,129Connecticut: median $3,540 across 16 hospitalsCT$3,540Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,996 across 136 hospitalsCA$4,996Utah: median $3,775 across 24 hospitalsUT$3,775Colorado: median $3,525 across 35 hospitalsCO$3,525Nebraska: median $2,041 across 21 hospitalsNE$2,041Missouri: median $3,147 across 50 hospitalsMO$3,147Kentucky: median $2,247 across 25 hospitalsKY$2,247West Virginia: median $1,072 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,072Virginia: median $2,946 across 43 hospitalsVA$2,946Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,802 across 30 hospitalsAZ$2,802New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,836 across 19 hospitalsKS$1,836Arkansas: median $2,777 across 15 hospitalsAR$2,777Tennessee: median $1,079 across 37 hospitalsTN$1,079North Carolina: median $2,058 across 39 hospitalsNC$2,058South Carolina: median $2,410 across 33 hospitalsSC$2,410Oklahoma: median $1,854 across 35 hospitalsOK$1,854Louisiana: median $2,253 across 27 hospitalsLA$2,253Mississippi: median $1,543 across 28 hospitalsMS$1,543Alabama: median $3,207 across 18 hospitalsAL$3,207Georgia: median $4,061 across 56 hospitalsGA$4,061Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,826 across 136 hospitalsTX$3,826Florida: median $6,401 across 83 hospitalsFL$6,401
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,487. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL83$6,401+84%$3,044 – $10,922
South Dakota SD10$5,085+46%$1,493 – $7,006
California CA136$4,996+43%$2,942 – $9,278
Ohio OH103$4,789+37%$2,439 – $9,411
Massachusetts MA31$4,146+19%$1,816 – $9,774
New Jersey NJ51$4,129+18%$3,484 – $6,311
Georgia GA56$4,061+16%$2,896 – $4,862
Idaho ID15$3,907+12%$2,400 – $7,280
Texas TX136$3,826+10%$1,857 – $7,172
Utah UT24$3,775+8%$3,775 – $4,441
Pennsylvania PA82$3,730+7%$3,093 – $7,992
New York NY67$3,725+7%$1,110 – $6,810
Connecticut CT16$3,540+2%$1,250 – $6,691
Colorado CO35$3,525+1%$2,008 – $4,591
Minnesota MN39$3,446−1%$1,619 – $5,493
Alabama AL18$3,207−8%$1,848 – $5,819
Missouri MO50$3,147−10%$1,845 – $5,901
Illinois IL74$3,001−14%$1,208 – $6,490
Washington WA52$2,961−15%$1,029 – $5,101
Virginia VA43$2,946−16%$1,909 – $4,787
Arizona AZ30$2,802−20%$1,258 – $17,651
Arkansas AR15$2,777−20%$848 – $3,467
South Carolina SC33$2,410−31%$2,306 – $5,664
Wisconsin WI66$2,390−31%$1,307 – $4,454
Indiana IN57$2,305−34%$1,546 – $5,393
Louisiana LA27$2,253−35%$1,051 – $5,475
Kentucky KY25$2,247−36%$542 – $9,696
Nevada NV11$2,204−37%$1,688 – $3,434
Michigan MI53$2,176−38%$968 – $4,342
North Carolina NC39$2,058−41%$1,724 – $4,145
Iowa IA28$2,041−41%$686 – $4,441
Nebraska NE21$2,041−41%$728 – $4,553
Oklahoma OK35$1,854−47%$463 – $4,436
Kansas KS19$1,836−47%$440 – $9,148
Oregon OR29$1,662−52%$454 – $6,779
Mississippi MS28$1,543−56%$1,059 – $2,679
Tennessee TN37$1,079−69%$996 – $2,194
West Virginia WV23$1,072−69%$241 – $3,733
Montana MT15$815−77%$340 – $3,099
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not 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 $3,487.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,533$3,707$1,753 – $6,691
Children’s30$3,719$2,073 – $7,172
Critical access211$1,363$539 – $4,301
Ownership
For-profit182$4,377$2,086 – $9,251
Government247$2,749$931 – $4,996
Non-profit1,345$3,570$1,469 – $6,311
System affiliation
Part of a system1,505$3,642$1,605 – $6,490
Independent278$2,717$693 – $5,819

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,119
Median cash price$3,487
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

1,300 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,602 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,636; most fall between $1,502 and $6,490.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,300 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
$782$1,861$3,602$5,536$9,411

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($782 vs $9,411).

Of the 1,391 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,300 gave a usable cash price; 34 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 56 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,783 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 1,918 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,783
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here68
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded62
Hospitals that filed this code1,918

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 OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Remove Perm Cannula/Catheter.

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, “Removal of a tunneled abdominal catheter (CPT 49422) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49422-removal-of-a-tunneled-abdominal-catheter