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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access Site

South Carolina 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?

$3,478

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$1,023$468 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$813 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $501 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,455
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $1,023

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
$501.19
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,073.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 49th of 50

$3,478

$1,023 physician + $2,455 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.