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Catheter Angiogram Of The Brain's Blood Supply

Iowa rates for HCPCS 36224

A detailed X-ray study of the arteries that supply the brain. A thin tube is threaded from an artery in the groin or wrist up into one of the neck arteries feeding the brain on one side, contrast dye is injected, and rapid pictures are taken as it flows through the vessels inside the skull. It is used to look for narrowing, a blockage, an aneurysm, or a tangle of abnormal vessels.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Angiogram Of The Brain's Blood Supply cost?

$3,981

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,399 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $676 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,495
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $2,951

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
$676.08
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Iowa· 26th of 51

$3,981

IN $10,965ND $2,089

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.