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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access With A Support Stent

Minnesota 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?

$14,938

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,938 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,026 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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$6,026$1,047 to $12,589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$6,026 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $537 to $30,903Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $794 to $17,378
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,913professional $6,026

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
$537.03
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$69,183.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$25,703.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$21,877.62
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$21,877.62
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,125.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$22,908.68
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 27th of 51

$14,938

$6,026 physician + $8,913 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.