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Stent Placement in a Dialysis Access Vein

South Carolina 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?

$7,655

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,655 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$575$269 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$1,905 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $282 to $32,359Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,754
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $575

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
$281.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$41,686.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39,810.72
Median
$39,810.72
Typical High
$44,668.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 2nd of 50

$7,655

$575 physician + $7,079 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.