CPT 36217 · 1,110 hospitals reporting

Place catheter in artery

The same procedure costs $85 at one hospital and $28,296 at another — a 333× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,636.

Cheapest published

$85

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

Median across 1,110 hospitals

$1,636

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

Most expensive

$28,296

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
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$4,104	$1,642	—	—	0 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$1,631	$1,631	—	—	1 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$3,260	$1,630	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,630	$1,630	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$4,651	$1,628	$2,960	$3,953	2 insurers
HIGHLAND HILLS MEDICAL CENTER	MS	$3,255	$1,628	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$4,607	$1,612	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$4,607	$1,612	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$3,016	$1,608	$2,262	$2,865	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$3,016	$1,608	$1,960	$2,895	5 insurers
HSHS ST ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL	IL	$2,221	$1,599	—	—	5 insurers
LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL LP	TX	$1,577	$1,577	—	—	5 insurers
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL	CA	$3,780	$1,701	$3,024	$3,213	3 insurers
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL	CA	$3,780	$1,701	$302	$23,352	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,279	$1,709	—	—	0 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$3,460	$1,730	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,500	$1,750	$0	$2,250	4 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,500	$1,750	$0	$2,250	3 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,189	$1,754	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$3,189	$1,754	—	—	4 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,385	$1,754	—	—	1 insurers
MULTICARE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	WA	$4,385	$1,754	—	—	2 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$4,385	$1,754	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,385	$1,754	—	—	0 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,392	$1,757	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$4,392	$1,757	—	—	5 insurers
CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,392	$1,757	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE SERVICES	ND	$4,392	$1,757	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$3,741	$1,758	—	—	4 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$1,780	$1,513	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,520	$1,512	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$2,520	$1,512	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH DADE CITY	FL	$2,499	$1,499	$330	$2,249	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$3,740	$1,496	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$3,737	$1,495	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$5,081	$1,778	$2,286	$5,081	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$5,081	$1,778	$0.02	$5,081	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$5,081	$1,778	$2,185	$5,081	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$5,081	$1,778	$100	$5,081	5 insurers