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Clot Removal From A Dialysis Cannula Using A Balloon

Michigan rates for HCPCS 36861

A clot is cleared from an external dialysis access cannula so that dialysis can go ahead. A balloon-tipped catheter is passed along the tube and drawn back with the balloon inflated, sweeping the clot out and restoring flow. The balloon is the tool used to pull out the clot itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Clot Removal From A Dialysis Cannula Using A Balloon cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$162 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,570 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,918Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $36 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $191

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
$194.98
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
10 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
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Kansas than in New York. 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.

Michigan· 47th of 51

$195

KS $3,020NY $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.