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Dye Study of an Extra Artery Inside the Head

Vermont rates for HCPCS 36228

Steers a fine catheter into a further branch artery inside the head and takes X-ray pictures while contrast dye is injected, showing that vessel in detail. Adding another branch lets the team map narrowings, aneurysms or abnormal vessel tangles that the first views did not fully show. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dye Study of an Extra Artery Inside the Head cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $2,239.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,514

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
5 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
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.5 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.

Vermont· 6th of 51

$1,514

WA $2,138MD $331

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.