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Clot Removal From A Dialysis Access Cannula

Delaware 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 October 2026.

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

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $617 from a hospital or other facility.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$129 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$372 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,698Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $100 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $166

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.3 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.

Delaware· 37th of 51

$251

AK $776KY $182

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.