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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

South Dakota 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?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$2,455$776 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$575 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,370Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $2,455

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,309.57
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
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
$190.55
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$2,455

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.