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

Louisiana 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$501 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$4,467 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $1,380

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
$562.34
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,388.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
6 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
$208.93
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$1,995

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.