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Extra Needle Access Into A Dialysis Circuit

Minnesota 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$380$129 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$661 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,995Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $102 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $380

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
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 46

$457

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.