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Neck and Brain Blood Vessel Imaging With Catheter

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 36221

This procedure images the blood vessels supplying the neck and brain by threading a thin tube (catheter) through the blood vessels up to the main artery in the chest, then injecting contrast dye while taking a series of x-ray images. It provides a detailed map of blood flow through the carotid and vertebral arteries and the vessels inside the skull. It's used to look for narrowing, blockages, aneurysms, or other blood vessel abnormalities before deciding on treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Neck and Brain Blood Vessel Imaging With Catheter cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 5 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$871$240 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,820 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,761Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,778
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $871

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
$616.60
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$1,000

CA $1,349WV $437

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.