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Dialysis Access Puncture With X-ray Study

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 36147

A needle or catheter is placed directly into a dialysis access, the surgically made connection between an artery and a vein used for dialysis, and contrast is injected so the whole circuit can be X-rayed. It is done to find narrowing or clotting when the access is not working well.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dialysis Access Puncture With X-ray Study cost?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$479 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$2,089 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $1,202

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Kentucky than in Illinois. 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 45

$1,445

KY $9,772IL $347

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.