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Catheter-Based X-Ray Imaging Of Neck Or Brain Blood Vessels

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36226

This describes a diagnostic procedure in which a thin, flexible tube called a catheter is guided through the blood vessels to the vertebral artery, one of the arteries in the neck that supplies blood to the brain, and a contrast dye is injected so the artery can be seen clearly on X-ray images. It is used to look for narrowing, blockage, aneurysms, or other abnormalities in this blood vessel.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter-Based X-Ray Imaging Of Neck Or Brain Blood Vessels cost?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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 6 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$1,995$912 to $5,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$513 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,710
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,995

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
$1,148.15
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in New York than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 7th of 51

$1,995

NY $2,188RI $724

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.