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

Montana 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?

$368

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $186 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$120 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$186$182 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,129Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $79 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $186professional $182

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$368

$182 physician + $186 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.