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

Georgia 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$1,514$537 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$2,455 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,514

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
$398.11
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,370.32
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,128.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,964.78
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
5 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
$199.53
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$1,622

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.