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

Florida 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $10,965 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,585$417 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,965$5,754 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,965professional $1,585

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
$575.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
6 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
$154.88
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 35th of 51

$1,660

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.