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Stent Placement in a Dialysis Access Vein

Kentucky 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?

$3,097

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,097 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$214 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$398 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $275 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $1,318

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
$275.42
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 33rd of 50

$3,097

$1,318 physician + $1,778 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.