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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Maryland 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 July 2026.

How much does Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries cost?

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $2,512.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $174 to $5,623Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,162
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $2,239

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

Maryland· 45th of 49

$2,089

IN $15,136DE $871

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.