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

Alabama 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$1,585$427 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,259 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $646 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,585

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
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 29th of 51

$1,698

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.