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Renal Artery X-ray With Catheter, One Side

Montana rates for HCPCS 36251

This procedure images the blood vessels supplying one kidney using X-ray and contrast dye delivered through a catheter that has been guided into the renal artery. It is used to check for narrowing or other blood vessel problems affecting blood flow to the kidney.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Renal Artery X-ray With Catheter, One Side cost?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$646$389 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$389 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,291Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $646

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
$275.42
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,290.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Nebraska. 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.

Montana· 48th of 51

$631

WI $2,089NE $447

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.