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

Iowa 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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$1,820$457 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$2,818 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $603 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $347 to $4,266
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,820

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
$537.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,888.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,570.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$1,905

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.