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Balloon dilation catheter for non-blood-vessel use

HCPCS C1726the billing code this page is about

Covers the cost of one balloon-tipped catheter used to widen a non-blood-vessel passage, such as an airway, sinus or digestive tract opening, during a procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $139 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 253 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $217. Most fall between $54 and $597 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
253
States
39
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 253 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
$35$65$139$444$1,831

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 52× what the cheapest tenth charges ($35 vs $1,831).

How the prices are spread

$24 – $39: 25 hospitals$24$39 – $64: 25 hospitals$64 – $104: 41 hospitals$64$104 – $170: 32 hospitals$170 – $277: 16 hospitals$170$277 – $452: 39 hospitals$452 – $737: 17 hospitals$452$737 – $1,201: 11 hospitals$1,201 – $1,960: 11 hospitals$1,201$1,960 – $3,196: 12 hospitals$1,960median $139price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (229 of 253 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$24$3925
$39$6425
$64$10441
$104$17032
$170$27716
$277$45239
$452$73717
$737$1,20111
$1,201$1,96011
$1,960$3,19612

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $139.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $372 across 13 hospitalsMN$372Illinois: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIAIndiana: median $68 across 27 hospitalsIN$68Ohio: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: median $124 across 24 hospitalsUT$124Colorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: median $258 across 12 hospitalsTN$258North Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $95 across 33 hospitalsTX$95Florida: median $38 across 17 hospitalsFL$38
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $139. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Minnesota MN13$372+168%$48 – $372
Tennessee TN12$258+86%$57 – $1,150
Utah UT24$124−11%$108 – $139
Texas TX33$95−31%$95 – $98
Indiana IN27$68−51%$32 – $459
Florida FL17$38−73%$15 – $38
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not 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 $139.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care209$139$55 – $816
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access36$166$55 – $429
Ownership
For-profit44$255$95 – $1,436
Government28$258$48 – $1,581
Non-profit179$108$47 – $441
System affiliation
Part of a system215$115$52 – $505
Independent38$348$62 – $1,468

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$247
Median cash price$139
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

180 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $124 and the average of the middle 60% is $180; most fall between $56 and $378.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 180 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
$38$83$124$367$545

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($38 vs $545).

Of the 200 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 180 gave a usable cash price; 5 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

253 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 275 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted253
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here5
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code275

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as BALLOON NC EUPHORA RX 3.00X08.

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, “Balloon dilation catheter for non-blood-vessel use (CPT C1726) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-c1726-balloon-dilation-catheter-for-non-blood-vessel-use