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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 October 2026.

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

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,820$501 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$4,571 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,388
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $1,820

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Washington 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.

Alabama· 24th of 51

$1,862

WA $3,162MD $513

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.