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Stent Placement in a Dialysis Access Vein

Iowa 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?

$4,192

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$1,622$309 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,188 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $214 to $8,128
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $1,622

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 16.3 times more in New Hampshire than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 17th of 50

$4,192

$1,622 physician + $2,570 facility

NH $9,543MD $584

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.