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Contrast Injection For A Limb Vein X-ray Study

Michigan rates for HCPCS 36005

This service is the injection of contrast dye into a vein in an arm or leg so that an x-ray can trace the vein and check for blockages, clots, or other abnormalities. It covers placing the needle or small tube and administering the contrast, separate from the imaging and interpretation itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection For A Limb Vein X-ray Study cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $891 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$54.95 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$324 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $69 to $4,898Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $46 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $132

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Michigan· 47th of 51

$224

CA $331MD $145

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.