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

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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$1,905$741 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$3,802 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $661 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,166
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $1,905

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
$363.08
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$57,543.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,244.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$29,512.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th 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.