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

Indiana 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 Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $10,965 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 6 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$832$407 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,965$3,388 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $550 to $24,547Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,630
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,965professional $832

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
$407.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$28,183.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 17th 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.