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Dialysis Access Clot Removal With Balloon

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 36905

Restores a blocked dialysis access, wherever in the body it was created. Working through a needle puncture, the surgeon breaks up and draws out the clot and then stretches the narrowed part of the vessel open with a balloon carried on a thin tube. The X-ray pictures taken to guide and check the work are part of the service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dialysis Access Clot Removal With Balloon cost?

$3,090

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $7,762.

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 $537 to $10,233Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,607
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,244professional $2,455

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
$537.03
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,090.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,606.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
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
$436.52
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in California than in Vermont. 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· 6th of 51

$3,090

CA $5,888VT $537

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.