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Dialysis Access Graft Creation

North Carolina 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?

$4,616

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,616 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$871 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,905 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $776 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,148

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
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
12 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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$4,616

$1,148 physician + $3,467 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.