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Detailed Catheter X-Ray Of One Kidney's Arteries

Virginia 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,778$407 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$1,349 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $427 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $1,778

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
$501.19
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$12,022.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$30,902.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,981.07
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
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$275.42

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$1,820

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.