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Stent Placement in a Dialysis Access Vein

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 36908

Placement of a small mesh tube called a stent to hold open a narrowed section of a large vein — closer to the chest — that carries blood from a dialysis access site back toward the heart. This narrowing can reduce blood flow needed for effective dialysis treatments. The stent is delivered through a catheter threaded into the vein, without open surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stent Placement in a Dialysis Access Vein cost?

$1,905

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $3,162.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $229 to $3,236
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $1,660

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
$251.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,905.46
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Washington, DC· 9th of 51

$1,905

CA $3,890HI $324

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.