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Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury at an ESRD Facility

California rates for HCPCS G0491

Dialysis procedure at a Medicare certified ESRD facility for acute kidney injury without ESRD

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury at an ESRD Facility cost?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$79.43$56.23 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$58.88 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,000Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $71professional $79

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where California sits

The same service costs 17.8 times more in Idaho than in New Mexico. 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· 35th of 51

$79.43

ID $1,072NM $60.26

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.