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Dialysis Access Graft Creation

Louisiana 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?

$5,504

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$933$776 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$3,090 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $10,471Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $933

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
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$5,504

$933 physician + $4,571 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.