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

Utah 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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$1,862$1,096 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$2,399 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $501 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,862

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
$501.19
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$16,218.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,090.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,981.07
6 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
$251.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$239.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$23,988.33

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 19th of 51

$1,905

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.