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Extra Needle Access Into A Dialysis Circuit

Wisconsin 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 6 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$468$95.50 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$102 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $66 to $794Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $468

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$489.78
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 10th of 46

$427

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.