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Catheter X-Ray Study Of The Kidney Arteries

Iowa 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $513 to $2,692.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $457 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kprofessional $2,042

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
$457.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,495.41
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$14,125.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$2,042

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.