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Procedure price report · Contrast aortogram

X-ray dye study of the chest aorta, rapid image series

CPT 75605the billing code this page is about

Covers the physician's guidance and reading of contrast dye X-rays of the aorta in the chest taken as a rapid sequence of films.

Hospitals typically charge $4,592 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,905 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,865. Most fall between $2,357 and $9,537 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,905
States
49
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 1,905 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
$1,619$2,702$4,592$7,755$13,024

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,619 vs $13,024).

How the prices are spread

$1,018 – $1,351: 44 hospitals$1,018$1,351 – $1,793: 91 hospitals$1,793 – $2,379: 155 hospitals$1,793$2,379 – $3,158: 239 hospitals$3,158 – $4,191: 259 hospitals$3,158$4,191 – $5,561: 259 hospitals$5,561 – $7,380: 257 hospitals$5,561$7,380 – $9,794: 140 hospitals$9,794 – $12,998: 174 hospitals$9,794$12,998 – $17,250: 102 hospitals$12,998median $4,592price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,720 of 1,905 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,018$1,35144
$1,351$1,79391
$1,793$2,379155
$2,379$3,158239
$3,158$4,191259
$4,191$5,561259
$5,561$7,380257
$7,380$9,794140
$9,794$12,998174
$12,998$17,250102

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,685
Median cash price$4,592
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.81×

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 $4,592.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 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 $5,544 across 40 hospitalsWA$5,544Idaho: median $5,134 across 12 hospitalsID$5,134Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,568 across 32 hospitalsMN$3,568Illinois: median $5,200 across 63 hospitalsIL$5,200Wisconsin: median $2,235 across 71 hospitalsWI$2,235Michigan: median $4,846 across 57 hospitalsMI$4,846New York: median $6,397 across 64 hospitalsNY$6,397Massachusetts: median $8,453 across 27 hospitalsMA$8,453Oregon: median $5,450 across 28 hospitalsOR$5,450Nevada: median $3,784 across 12 hospitalsNV$3,784Wyoming: 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 $3,184 across 17 hospitalsIA$3,184Indiana: median $3,826 across 50 hospitalsIN$3,826Ohio: median $5,238 across 100 hospitalsOH$5,238Pennsylvania: median $6,299 across 92 hospitalsPA$6,299New Jersey: median $5,983 across 55 hospitalsNJ$5,983Connecticut: median $7,995 across 13 hospitalsCT$7,995Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,121 across 163 hospitalsCA$7,121Utah: median $10,433 across 30 hospitalsUT$10,433Colorado: median $4,247 across 37 hospitalsCO$4,247Nebraska: median $1,743 across 14 hospitalsNE$1,743Missouri: median $4,461 across 45 hospitalsMO$4,461Kentucky: median $5,919 across 31 hospitalsKY$5,919West Virginia: median $5,040 across 10 hospitalsWV$5,040Virginia: median $3,745 across 49 hospitalsVA$3,745Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,419 across 36 hospitalsAZ$3,419New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $4,573 across 21 hospitalsKS$4,573Arkansas: median $3,102 across 15 hospitalsAR$3,102Tennessee: median $2,594 across 57 hospitalsTN$2,594North Carolina: median $2,751 across 49 hospitalsNC$2,751South Carolina: median $3,789 across 39 hospitalsSC$3,789Oklahoma: median $2,823 across 34 hospitalsOK$2,823Louisiana: median $2,233 across 36 hospitalsLA$2,233Mississippi: median $2,034 across 21 hospitalsMS$2,034Alabama: median $4,835 across 28 hospitalsAL$4,835Georgia: median $2,944 across 66 hospitalsGA$2,944Hawaii: median $4,930 across 10 hospitalsHI$4,930Texas: median $3,728 across 175 hospitalsTX$3,728Florida: median $5,892 across 143 hospitalsFL$5,892
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,592. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT30$10,433+127%$10,244 – $12,274
Massachusetts MA27$8,453+84%$4,231 – $11,995
Connecticut CT13$7,995+74%$4,028 – $14,583
California CA163$7,121+55%$3,595 – $12,173
New York NY64$6,397+39%$4,050 – $12,265
Pennsylvania PA92$6,299+37%$3,128 – $9,796
New Jersey NJ55$5,983+30%$2,259 – $7,411
Kentucky KY31$5,919+29%$1,835 – $10,508
Florida FL143$5,892+28%$3,940 – $14,552
Washington WA40$5,544+21%$2,732 – $9,206
Oregon OR28$5,450+19%$1,904 – $13,319
Ohio OH100$5,238+14%$3,103 – $8,066
Illinois IL63$5,200+13%$3,160 – $8,920
Idaho ID12$5,134+12%$4,001 – $18,620
West Virginia WV10$5,040+10%$4,688 – $11,855
Hawaii HI10$4,930+7%$2,577 – $6,594
Michigan MI57$4,846+6%$1,934 – $6,675
Alabama AL28$4,835+5%$1,977 – $7,439
Kansas KS21$4,5730%$3,170 – $6,021
Missouri MO45$4,461−3%$2,910 – $5,725
Colorado CO37$4,247−8%$2,818 – $7,825
Indiana IN50$3,826−17%$2,322 – $8,203
South Carolina SC39$3,789−17%$2,530 – $6,237
Nevada NV12$3,784−18%$1,397 – $6,052
Virginia VA49$3,745−18%$2,742 – $6,423
Texas TX175$3,728−19%$2,655 – $7,755
Minnesota MN32$3,568−22%$2,367 – $5,917
Arizona AZ36$3,419−26%$1,293 – $17,250
Iowa IA17$3,184−31%$2,139 – $4,251
Arkansas AR15$3,102−32%$993 – $3,806
Georgia GA66$2,944−36%$2,142 – $6,787
Oklahoma OK34$2,823−39%$2,085 – $5,117
North Carolina NC49$2,751−40%$1,916 – $6,190
Tennessee TN57$2,594−44%$1,358 – $4,363
Wisconsin WI71$2,235−51%$270 – $4,049
Louisiana LA36$2,233−51%$1,489 – $3,975
Mississippi MS21$2,034−56%$1,365 – $2,787
Nebraska NE14$1,743−62%$1,259 – $3,438
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not 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 $4,592.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,720$4,643$2,384 – $9,537
Children’s41$4,917$3,102 – $9,458
Critical access135$3,728$1,223 – $9,255
Ownership
For-profit321$6,310$2,953 – $14,938
Government218$3,780$2,414 – $6,787
Non-profit1,357$4,338$2,235 – $8,924
System affiliation
Part of a system1,674$4,560$2,352 – $9,595
Independent231$4,900$2,580 – $8,917

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,543
Median cash price$4,592
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

1,404 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,153 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,547; most fall between $2,235 and $9,206.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,404 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
$1,529$2,591$4,153$7,406$12,274

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,529 vs $12,274).

Of the 1,587 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,404 gave a usable cash price; 123 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 58 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,905 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,151 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,905
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here180
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded64
Hospitals that filed this code2,151

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 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, rapid image series (CPT 75605) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-75605-x-ray-dye-study-of-the-chest-aorta-rapid-image-series