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

Michigan 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $16,596 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$513 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,596$6,918 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $45,709Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,692
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $16,596professional $759

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
$524.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$16,595.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
13 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
$257.04
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 49th of 51

$759

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.