CPT 36200 · 1,168 hospitals reporting

Place catheter in aorta

The same procedure costs $60.8 at one hospital and $28,084 at another — a 462× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,176.

Cheapest published

$60.8

2 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,168 hospitals

$1,176

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$28,084

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

500 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$2,909	$1,164	—	—	4 insurers
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,697	$1,188	$677	$1,358	0 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$1,660	$1,162	—	—	5 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$2,322	$1,161	$929	$1,742	4 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$2,322	$1,161	$929	$1,742	4 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,702	$1,191	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$2,979	$1,192	—	—	4 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$2,021	$1,192	$1,112	$1,900	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$2,021	$1,192	$247	$7,273	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$2,021	$1,192	$1,112	$1,900	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$2,021	$1,192	$247	$7,273	5 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$1,218	$1,157	—	—	0 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTERS	MO	$4,787	$1,206	—	—	5 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTER BRANSON	MO	$4,787	$1,206	—	—	5 insurers
GROSSMONT HOSPITAL	CA	$1,507	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,507	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,507	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,614	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$1,614	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$1,614	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$2,798	$1,119	—	—	0 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,775	$1,110	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,775	$1,110	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$2,775	$1,110	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,775	$1,110	—	—	0 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$3,104	$1,242	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,073	$1,244	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$2,073	$1,244	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$2,060	$1,257	$1,009	$1,916	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$2,060	$1,257	$247	$4,182	5 insurers
IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,815	$1,089	—	—	5 insurers
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,406	$1,265	—	—	0 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$2,139	$1,070	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,139	$1,070	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,546	$1,284	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,546	$1,284	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,546	$1,284	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,546	$1,284	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,546	$1,284	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,546	$1,284	—	—	3 insurers