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Plumbing or Electrical Work for Home Hemodialysis Equipment

California rates for HCPCS A4870

Plumbing and/or electrical work for home hemodialysis equipment

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Plumbing or Electrical Work for Home Hemodialysis Equipment cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $114,815 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.20$18.20 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$114,815$26.30 to $138,038

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $114,815 · 10th to 90th $18 to $151,356Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $100
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $114,815professional $18

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
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114,815.36
Median
$138,038.43
Typical High
$588,843.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in South Dakota than in Vermont. 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.

California· 18th of 51

$18.20

SD $36.31VT $18.20

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.