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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 October 2026.

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

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,570$813 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,020 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $851 to $14,125Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $2,570

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
$676.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,897.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,623.41
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
$851.14
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$2,754

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.