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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Arkansas 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$1,413$457 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$2,951 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,413

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
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$251.19

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 25th of 51

$1,950

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.