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

Oregon 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,148$631 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$3,236 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $20,417Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,129
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,148

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
$562.34
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,182.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,265.80
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,370.32
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$21,877.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,370.32
13 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
$229.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$33,113.11

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 11th of 51

$2,089

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.