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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Texas 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 July 2026.

How much does Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries cost?

$2,884

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $5,370.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $447 to $9,772
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

Texas· 31st of 49

$2,884

IN $15,136DE $871

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.