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Dialysis Access Balloon Widening With Stent

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 36903

This procedure treats a narrowed section of a surgically created blood vessel connection used for dialysis, by inflating a small balloon to widen the narrowed area and then placing a stent, a small mesh tube, to help hold it open. It is done under imaging guidance to restore normal blood flow through the dialysis access.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dialysis Access Balloon Widening With Stent cost?

$5,888

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $9,120.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $380 to $10,233Professionalmedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $339 to $12,303
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,244professional $5,129

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
$380.19
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,888.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$12,589.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$60,255.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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.

Washington, DC· 4th of 51

$5,888

WI $7,079MT $589

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.