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Creating A Dialysis Access Using A Graft

Maine rates for HCPCS 36825

Creates an access for hemodialysis in an arm or leg by connecting an artery to a vein through a short bridging graft rather than joining the two vessels directly to each other. Once it has healed, the access carries the strong, fast blood flow that dialysis needs.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Creating A Dialysis Access Using A Graft cost?

$3,902

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,902 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$1,148$912 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,692 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $1,148

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Wisconsin than in West Virginia. 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

Maine· 42nd of 51

$3,902

$1,148 physician + $2,754 facility

WI $11,009WV $2,346

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.