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

North Carolina 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 8 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$1,349$575 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$676 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,677
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $1,349

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
$467.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,165.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$1,738

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.