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Placement Of A Vein-To-Vein Tube For Repeated Access

Arizona rates for HCPCS 36800

This procedure creates a temporary connection between two veins using a thin tube, giving repeated access to the bloodstream for treatments such as dialysis or other procedures that require drawing or returning blood. It is an older, less commonly used technique compared with modern catheters or surgically created vein connections. The tube allows a vein to be accessed reliably over a short period.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Vein-To-Vein Tube For Repeated Access cost?

$3,693

Typical total for the visit. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,693 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$129 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,259 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,913Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,445
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $145

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$16,982.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 24.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arizona· 27th of 51

$3,693

$145 physician + $3,548 facility

CO $8,887MT $368

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.