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

Nebraska 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$457 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$4,266 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $741 to $17,378Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $324 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $617

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
$676.08
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$30,902.95
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$190.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 50th of 51

$631

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.