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Renal Artery Catheterization and Imaging, Both Sides

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 36252

This procedure involves threading a thin catheter through a blood vessel into both kidneys' arteries and injecting contrast dye to capture X-ray images of the renal blood supply on both sides. It is used to evaluate conditions such as narrowing of the arteries supplying the kidneys, which can contribute to high blood pressure or reduced kidney function. It is performed by an interventional specialist using X-ray guidance.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Renal Artery Catheterization and Imaging, Both Sides cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$1,259$490 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,148 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,259

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
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,344.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$1,514

CA $1,950DE $977

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.