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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Louisiana 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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$1,738$501 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$2,818 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $1,738

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
$512.86
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,981.07
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
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$2,042

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.