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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Arizona 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,089$427 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$490 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $257 to $9,550Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $2,089

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
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
$190.55
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 19th of 51

$2,089

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.