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

South Dakota 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 8 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$776$347 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$692 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,333Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $234 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $776

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
$1,995.26
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,786.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 50th of 51

$813

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.