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Balloon Widening Of A Central Vein For Dialysis

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 36907

Opens a narrowing in one of the large veins near the chest that carry blood away from a dialysis access, using a balloon on the tip of a catheter threaded through the dialysis circuit itself. Clearing that narrowing restores flow so the fistula or graft keeps working for dialysis. It is an added step taken during a larger dialysis-access procedure and is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening Of A Central Vein For Dialysis cost?

$1,825

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$537$204 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$724 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,890Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $148 to $955
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,288professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 17.6 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $1,825 · 33rd of 49
CA $9,437MD $537

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.