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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

North Carolina 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$1,995$977 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$1,995 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $347 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,995

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
$346.74
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
6 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
$173.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$1,995

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.