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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 July 2026.

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

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$1,585$490 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,445 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,585

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
$741.31
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$27,542.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,388.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$1,950

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.