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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access With A Support Stent

South 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?

$9,861

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,861 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,495 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$5,495$1,000 to $8,128
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$912 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $490 to $22,387Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $617 to $10,471
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,365professional $5,495

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
$691.83
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,413.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$9,549.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$43,651.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,589.25
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
$389.05
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$741.31

Where South 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$9,861

$5,495 physician + $4,365 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.