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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Iowa 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?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$3,020$776 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,090 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $933 to $14,125Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,079
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $3,020

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
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,011.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
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
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 2nd of 51

$3,090

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.