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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Indiana 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $12,882 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$1,445$490 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,882$5,370 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $912 to $23,988Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,882professional $1,445

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
$407.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,370.32
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,630.78
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
$204.17
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 35th of 51

$1,778

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.