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

New Jersey 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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$1,479$398 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$4,467 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,311
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,479

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
$2,089.30
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,019.95
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$1,905

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.