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Balloon Widening Of A Central Vein For Dialysis

South 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?

$8,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$324$174 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$1,995 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $407 to $22,909Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $141 to $813
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $7,762professional $324

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
$794.33
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39,810.72
Median
$39,810.72
Typical High
$44,668.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where South 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 feeSouth Carolina $8,086 · 3rd 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.