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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Missouri 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$2,089$468 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,512 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $2,089

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
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
$181.97
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$2,239

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.