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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access With A Support Stent

North Carolina 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?

$21,377

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21,377 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,488 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,888$955 to $10,471
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,488$8,913 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,488 · 10th to 90th $871 to $31,623Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $631 to $16,218
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $15,488professional $5,888

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
$501.19
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
6 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
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 11th of 51

$21,377

$5,888 physician + $15,488 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.