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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 October 2026.

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

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $11,482 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$2,291$759 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,482$4,571 to $33,113

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $380 to $46,774Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,586
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $11,482professional $2,291

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
$380.19
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$47,863.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$36,307.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,488.17
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,165.95
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$2,630

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.