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Extra Needle Access Into A Dialysis Circuit

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 36148

An additional needle or catheter is placed into a dialysis access — the surgically created connection between an artery and a vein used for hemodialysis — so that treatment can be carried out from a second entry point. It is billed in addition to the main access procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Needle Access Into A Dialysis Circuit cost?

$1,202

Typical physician fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $490 to $1,202.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $56 to $490Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in California than in Utah. 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.

Massachusetts· 2nd of 46

$1,202

CA $3,802UT $148

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.