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Balloon Widening Of A Central Vein For Dialysis

North Carolina 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?

$1,401

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$468$141 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$224 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $141 to $5,248Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,288
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $933professional $468

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
$141.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $1,401 · 42nd 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.