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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access Site

Vermont 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?

$1,585

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $2,239.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,585

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Vermont· 43rd of 51

$1,585

CA $4,571HI $724

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.