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Stent Placement in a Dialysis Access Vein

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$224 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,585 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $200 to $3,090
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,122

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
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,090.30
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,715.35
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,398.83
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,162.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 20th of 50

$3,814

$1,122 physician + $2,692 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.