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

New Mexico 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $16,982 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$977$479 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,982$8,128 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $27,542Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,236
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $16,982professional $977

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
$389.05
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$194.98
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 40th of 51

$1,549

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.