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Catheter X-Ray Study Of The Kidney Arteries

Illinois 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $2,630.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,820

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
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,801.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,456.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,454.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$1,820

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.