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

Mississippi 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $6,607 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$1,698$468 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,607$3,162 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $331 to $4,074
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $1,698

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
$363.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 28th of 51

$1,738

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.