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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 July 2026.

How much does Catheter-Based X-Ray Imaging Of Neck Or Brain Blood Vessels cost?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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 7 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$813$407 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,020 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $550 to $13,490Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,169
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $813

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
$676.08
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 48th of 51

$871

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.