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

South Carolina 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 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$692$398 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$2,570 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $490 to $17,378Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $692

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
$2,691.53
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,677.35
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,479

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.