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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access Site

Colorado rates for HCPCS 36904

This procedure removes a blood clot that is blocking a permanent dialysis access site, such as a fistula or graft, so that dialysis can continue safely. It's done by threading thin instruments through the skin into the blood vessel, guided by live imaging, and may include injecting a clot-dissolving medication directly at the site. The goal is to restore blood flow through the access without open surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access Site cost?

$14,249

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,249 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,589 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$407 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,589$5,495 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,589 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $28,840Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,589professional $1,660

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,162.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 4th of 50

$14,249

$1,660 physician + $12,589 facility

IN $17,536WV $2,671

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.