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Balloon Widening Of A Central Vein For Dialysis

Tennessee 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?

$1,886

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$537$186 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$437 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $166 to $4,074Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,259
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,349professional $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
$389.05
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,230.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Tennessee 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 feeTennessee $1,886 · 30th 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.