CPT 36488
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Insertion of catheter, vein
Low
$274
Average
$8.0k
Median
$672
High
$33.5k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
17 payers; the 90th percentile is 76.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms | 5 | $34.9k | $34.9k | — | — | — | $34.9k – $34.9k |
| 2 | Caresource percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 5 | $18.6k | $18.6k | — | — | — | $18.6k – $18.6k |
| 3 | Phcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms | 5 | $37.5k | $37.5k | — | — | — | $37.5k – $37.5k |
| 4 | Aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 2 | $212 | $299 | $85 | 28% | — | $88 – $334 |
| 5 | Bcbs Ca facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $649 | $681 | $146 | 21% | — | $330 – $795 |
| 6 | First Health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $493 | $522 | $82 | 16% | — | $407 – $580 |
| 7 | Humana facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $541 | $573 | $90 | 16% | — | $446 – $636 |
| 8 | Kaiser facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $406 | $429 | $67 | 16% | — | $334 – $477 |
| 9 | MultiPlan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms | 2 | $581 | $626 | $127 | 20% | — | $446 – $716 |
| 10 | Tricare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 2 | $35k | $35k | — | — | — | $35k – $35k |
← Hospitals reporting CPT 36488 · Snapshot 20261113T090226Z-3ce6c0b8