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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Colorado 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,820$525 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$6,761 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $1,820

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,311.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
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
$199.53
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$2,291

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.