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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Kansas 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?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$2,884$631 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$631 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,762Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $2,884

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$302.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$323.59

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 5th of 51

$2,512

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.