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Dialysis Access Graft Creation

Minnesota 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?

$3,779

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$1,380$1,096 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,122 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $692 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $1,380

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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 43rd of 51

$3,779

$1,380 physician + $2,399 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.