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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Nebraska 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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$631$468 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$4,467 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $19,498Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,012
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,318professional $631

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
$1,659.59
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$30,902.95
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
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
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$186.21

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 49th of 51

$631

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.