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Catheter X-Ray Study Of The Kidney Arteries

Washington 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 Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $3,388.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,012
$50$200$1K$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
$457.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,495.41
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 29th 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.