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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 July 2026.

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

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$1,820$513 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,995 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 2nd of 51

$2,188

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.