go back

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

North Dakota 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 5 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$933$427 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$363 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,012Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,266
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $933

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
$346.74
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$16,982.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 47th of 51

$933

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.