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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access With A Support Stent

Iowa rates for HCPCS 36906

This procedure clears a blood clot from a dialysis access site, such as a surgically created connection between an artery and vein used for dialysis, and places a small mesh tube called a stent to help hold the vessel open afterward. Working through a catheter, the physician breaks up and removes the clot, then positions the stent to maintain blood flow through the access. It helps keep a dialysis access site usable so treatments are not interrupted.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access With A Support Stent cost?

$20,431

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20,431 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $8,128 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,303 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$8,128$1,202 to $14,454
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,303$6,761 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,303 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $34,674Professionalmedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $813 to $17,783
$100$1K$10Kfacility $12,303professional $8,128

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$25,703.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,488.17
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$37,153.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$19,498.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,135.61
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$25,703.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$47,863.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$18,197.01
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$14,454.40
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$812.83

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Alaska 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 12th of 51

$20,431

$8,128 physician + $12,303 facility

AK $33,081VT $5,424

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.