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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access With A Support Stent

Rhode Island 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?

$10,776

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,776 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,467$661 to $8,710
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,455 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $35,481Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $617 to $11,482
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,310professional $4,467

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$40,738.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
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
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$851.14

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 43rd of 51

$10,776

$4,467 physician + $6,310 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.