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Stent Placement in a Dialysis Access Vein

Rhode Island 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?

$1,413

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $234 to $2,512.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,388
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $1,175

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$1,413

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.