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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access Site

Minnesota 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?

$9,334

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,334 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$813 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$5,012 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $20,417Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $2,089

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
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$40,738.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 10th of 50

$9,334

$2,089 physician + $7,244 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.