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

Kansas 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,455$575 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$631 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,762Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,586
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $2,455

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
$1,445.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$323.59

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 5th of 51

$2,291

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.