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

West Virginia 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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 5 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$562$398 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$5,248 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $589 to $9,550Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $562

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
$1,737.80
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,964.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,454.40
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 31st of 51

$1,698

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.