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

Montana 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$955$427 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$631 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,571Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,512professional $955

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
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,677.35
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 40th of 51

$1,479

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.