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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36253

A thin tube is guided through an artery into the small branch arteries deep inside one kidney, and contrast dye is injected while X-ray pictures are taken. The detailed pictures show narrowing, blockage, abnormal vessels or a source of bleeding within that kidney. Pressure readings across a narrowed segment may be taken during the same study.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,138$631 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$5,623 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $2,138

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
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$323.59
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$2,138

WI $3,162HI $457

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.