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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Minnesota 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,344$724 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$631 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $380 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $2,344

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
$380.19
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$15,488.17
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,918.31
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$2,344

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.