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Clearing A Blocked Dialysis Access With A Support Stent

Tennessee 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?

$15,888

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,888 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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$741 to $9,550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$5,370 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $23,988Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $537 to $16,596
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,000professional $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
$2,344.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,715.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37,153.52
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,302.69
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
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$15,888

$5,888 physician + $10,000 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.