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Arm Surgery To Restore Hand Blood Flow

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 36838

Treats a hand starved of blood because a dialysis access in the arm is diverting flow away from it. The surgeon builds a short bypass around the access to feed the hand, and ties off the artery just below the access so blood is no longer pulled backwards. This keeps the dialysis access usable while the hand gets its circulation back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Arm Surgery To Restore Hand Blood Flow cost?

$3,040

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,175 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,148 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,291
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $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
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,585.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$3,040

$1,380 physician + $1,660 facility

AK $12,595KY $3,040

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.