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Procedure price report · Contrast aortogram

X-ray dye study of the chest aorta, single images

CPT 75600the billing code this page is about

Covers the physician's guidance and reading of contrast dye X-ray pictures of the aorta in the chest, taken as single exposures rather than a rapid series.

Hospitals typically charge $3,690 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 827 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,875. Most fall between $2,059 and $7,046 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
827
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 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 827 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
$1,338$2,266$3,690$5,906$9,405

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,338 vs $9,405).

How the prices are spread

$1,050 – $1,361: 56 hospitals$1,050$1,361 – $1,764: 40 hospitals$1,764 – $2,286: 72 hospitals$1,764$2,286 – $2,962: 83 hospitals$2,962 – $3,839: 161 hospitals$2,962$3,839 – $4,975: 118 hospitals$4,975 – $6,448: 72 hospitals$4,975$6,448 – $8,356: 59 hospitals$8,356 – $10,830: 72 hospitals$8,356$10,830 – $14,035: 12 hospitals$10,830median $3,690price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (745 of 827 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,050$1,36156
$1,361$1,76440
$1,764$2,28672
$2,286$2,96283
$2,962$3,839161
$3,839$4,975118
$4,975$6,44872
$6,448$8,35659
$8,356$10,83072
$10,830$14,03512

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,690
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.14×

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 $3,690.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,111 across 30 hospitalsWA$4,111Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $3,617 across 25 hospitalsIL$3,617Wisconsin: median $4,733 across 12 hospitalsWI$4,733Michigan: median $4,342 across 16 hospitalsMI$4,342New York: median $3,748 across 43 hospitalsNY$3,748Massachusetts: median $6,188 across 14 hospitalsMA$6,188Oregon: median $4,078 across 10 hospitalsOR$4,078Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $4,952 across 18 hospitalsIN$4,952Ohio: median $3,250 across 39 hospitalsOH$3,250Pennsylvania: median $3,690 across 37 hospitalsPA$3,690New Jersey: median $1,802 across 34 hospitalsNJ$1,802Connecticut: 2 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 $5,504 across 105 hospitalsCA$5,504Utah: median $2,103 across 25 hospitalsUT$2,103Colorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,914 across 12 hospitalsNE$1,914Missouri: median $2,633 across 19 hospitalsMO$2,633Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,747 across 21 hospitalsVA$2,747Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $4,158 across 19 hospitalsNC$4,158South Carolina: median $4,469 across 13 hospitalsSC$4,469Oklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $1,596 across 20 hospitalsLA$1,596Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $2,072 across 10 hospitalsAL$2,072Georgia: median $2,143 across 25 hospitalsGA$2,143Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,570 across 100 hospitalsTX$3,570Florida: median $4,711 across 63 hospitalsFL$4,711
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,690. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA14$6,188+68%$4,053 – $9,851
California CA105$5,504+49%$2,845 – $8,854
Indiana IN18$4,952+34%$1,805 – $6,569
Wisconsin WI12$4,733+28%$4,226 – $5,071
Florida FL63$4,711+28%$3,733 – $11,885
South Carolina SC13$4,469+21%$1,940 – $6,677
Michigan MI16$4,342+18%$1,973 – $8,627
North Carolina NC19$4,158+13%$3,038 – $4,331
Washington WA30$4,111+11%$2,980 – $4,892
Oregon OR10$4,078+11%$3,223 – $6,135
New York NY43$3,748+2%$1,184 – $7,461
Pennsylvania PA37$3,6900%$3,227 – $5,906
Illinois IL25$3,617−2%$1,425 – $4,478
Texas TX100$3,570−3%$2,543 – $7,227
Ohio OH39$3,250−12%$1,228 – $14,117
Virginia VA21$2,747−26%$1,338 – $2,939
Missouri MO19$2,633−29%$2,150 – $3,193
Georgia GA25$2,143−42%$1,848 – $10,421
Utah UT25$2,103−43%$2,103 – $2,103
Alabama AL10$2,072−44%$655 – $3,193
Nebraska NE12$1,914−48%$815 – $2,666
New Jersey NJ34$1,802−51%$1,021 – $3,661
Louisiana LA20$1,596−57%$558 – $3,247
Iowa IA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not 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 $3,690.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care757$3,658$2,019 – $7,012
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access49$4,573$2,103 – $7,046
Ownership
For-profit125$4,952$2,635 – $10,600
Government91$3,216$1,805 – $4,892
Non-profit609$3,617$1,973 – $6,405
System affiliation
Part of a system723$3,707$2,103 – $7,043
Independent104$3,532$1,610 – $7,750

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,197
Median cash price$3,690
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 $3,749 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,061; most fall between $2,103 and $7,056.

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
$1,338$2,143$3,749$6,319$9,405

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,338 vs $9,405).

Of the 731 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 599 gave a usable cash price; 94 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 37 a list price only.

How complete is this

827 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,016 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted827
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here140
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded48
Hospitals that filed this code1,016

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 Contrast aortogram family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Aortography Thoracic W/O Serialography Rs&I|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “X-ray dye study of the chest aorta, single images (CPT 75600) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-75600-x-ray-dye-study-of-the-chest-aorta-single-images