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Clot Removal From A Dialysis Cannula Using A Balloon

Texas 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$112 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,311 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $12,303Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $22 to $1,778
$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $141

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
$977.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Health Smart
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
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
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 13th of 51

$479

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.