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Dialysis Access Graft Creation

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36830

Creates an access point for dialysis by joining an artery to a vein with a soft tube of man-made or processed biological material implanted under the skin. The tube gives a durable site that can be needled for each dialysis session. It is used when the person's own veins are not suitable for a direct artery-to-vein connection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dialysis Access Graft Creation cost?

$5,870

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,870 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$741$646 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,467 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,754Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $741

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
6 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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Wisconsin 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

Alabama· 18th of 51

$5,870

$741 physician + $5,129 facility

WI $10,556MT $2,002

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.