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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

New Mexico 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $10,715 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$1,202$513 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,715$5,012 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,548
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,715professional $1,202

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
$398.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,168.69
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
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 38th of 51

$1,622

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.