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Clot Removal From A Dialysis Access Cannula

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 36860

Clearing a blood clot out of an external dialysis access cannula so that dialysis treatment can go ahead. The clotted line is opened, the clot is drawn or flushed out, and flow through the access is checked before it is used again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clot Removal From A Dialysis Access Cannula cost?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$178 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,890 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $8,511Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $120 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $251

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$588.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$645.65

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

Connecticut· 14th of 51

$339

CA $3,890RI $148

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.