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Clot Removal From A Dialysis Access

Iowa rates for HCPCS 36870

Removal of a blood clot that has blocked a dialysis access, the surgically created connection or graft used to run a hemodialysis machine. Working through a needle puncture into the access rather than opening it surgically, the doctor breaks up and pulls out the clot, using clot-dissolving medication within the access as part of the same work, so flow is restored and dialysis can go ahead.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clot Removal From A Dialysis Access cost?

$3,236

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $4,169.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $832 to $26,303Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,248
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $3,236

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1659.6 times more in Texas than in South Carolina. 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.

Iowa· 17th of 29

$3,236

TX $50,119SC $30.20

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.