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

Arkansas 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 7 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$1,148$427 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,230 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $1,148

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
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$776.25
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 34th of 51

$1,585

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.