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Catheter X-Ray Study Of The Kidney Arteries

California rates for HCPCS 36254

A thin tube is threaded through a blood vessel into the arteries supplying the kidneys, and dye is injected so that X-ray pictures show those vessels in detail. It is used to look for narrowing, blockage, an aneurysm, or a source of bleeding, and often comes just before treatment delivered through the same tube.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter X-Ray Study Of The Kidney Arteries cost?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $513 to $3,090.

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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,888
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kprofessional $1,995

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,456.54
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,265.80
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,162.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,466.84
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,244.36
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Vermont 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.

California· 16th of 51

$1,995

VT $2,239HI $676

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.