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Dialysis Access Graft Creation

South 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?

$4,615

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,615 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$617 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,738 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $955 to $17,783Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,202
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $813

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
$912.01
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where South 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

South Carolina· 30th of 51

$4,615

$813 physician + $3,802 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.