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Procedure price report · Creation, revision and removal of arteriovenous fistula or vessel-to-vessel cannula for dialysis

Dialysis access made with a synthetic graft

CPT 36830the billing code this page is about

Surgery that connects an artery to a vein in the arm or leg using a man-made (non-body) graft tube to create access for hemodialysis.

Hospitals typically charge $6,397 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 701 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,428. Most fall between $1,590 and $12,414 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
701
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 701 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,096$1,753$6,397$11,445$18,019

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,096 vs $18,019).

How the prices are spread

$758 – $1,076: 34 hospitals$758$1,076 – $1,528: 65 hospitals$1,528 – $2,170: 71 hospitals$1,528$2,170 – $3,082: 22 hospitals$3,082 – $4,376: 39 hospitals$3,082$4,376 – $6,213: 64 hospitals$6,213 – $8,822: 124 hospitals$6,213$8,822 – $12,526: 110 hospitals$12,526 – $17,786: 66 hospitals$12,526$17,786 – $25,255: 37 hospitals$17,786median $6,397price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (632 of 701 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$758$1,07634
$1,076$1,52865
$1,528$2,17071
$2,170$3,08222
$3,082$4,37639
$4,376$6,21364
$6,213$8,822124
$8,822$12,526110
$12,526$17,78666
$17,786$25,25537

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,685
Median cash price$6,397
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.13×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $6,397.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,703 across 11 hospitalsWA$1,703Idaho: median $12,563 across 10 hospitalsID$12,563Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,922 across 12 hospitalsMN$4,922Illinois: median $9,171 across 33 hospitalsIL$9,171Wisconsin: median $3,698 across 29 hospitalsWI$3,698Michigan: median $2,116 across 32 hospitalsMI$2,116New York: median $9,188 across 56 hospitalsNY$9,188Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,201 across 15 hospitalsOR$1,201Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,630 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,630Indiana: median $5,858 across 16 hospitalsIN$5,858Ohio: median $6,326 across 46 hospitalsOH$6,326Pennsylvania: median $8,394 across 31 hospitalsPA$8,394New Jersey: median $5,989 across 34 hospitalsNJ$5,989Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,445 across 59 hospitalsCA$11,445Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $3,657 across 11 hospitalsNE$3,657Missouri: median $6,879 across 20 hospitalsMO$6,879Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,871 across 18 hospitalsWV$1,871Virginia: median $21,067 across 11 hospitalsVA$21,067Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,945 across 11 hospitalsTN$1,945North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $9,213 across 10 hospitalsSC$9,213Oklahoma: median $1,380 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,380Louisiana: median $5,103 across 15 hospitalsLA$5,103Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,236 across 24 hospitalsGA$7,236Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,740 across 34 hospitalsTX$7,740Florida: median $9,996 across 29 hospitalsFL$9,996
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,397. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA11$21,067+229%$442 – $23,009
Idaho ID10$12,563+96%$5,193 – $12,563
California CA59$11,445+79%$6,796 – $16,587
Florida FL29$9,996+56%$9,996 – $14,247
South Carolina SC10$9,213+44%$8,580 – $24,950
New York NY56$9,188+44%$6,397 – $11,695
Illinois IL33$9,171+43%$1,132 – $18,019
Pennsylvania PA31$8,394+31%$375 – $14,828
Texas TX34$7,740+21%$5,562 – $11,789
Georgia GA24$7,236+13%$7,236 – $8,701
Missouri MO20$6,879+8%$1,089 – $18,385
Ohio OH46$6,326−1%$2,980 – $14,977
New Jersey NJ34$5,989−6%$5,110 – $7,213
Indiana IN16$5,858−8%$963 – $13,741
Louisiana LA15$5,103−20%$2,584 – $9,278
Minnesota MN12$4,922−23%$1,899 – $8,090
Wisconsin WI29$3,698−42%$1,590 – $7,457
Nebraska NE11$3,657−43%$1,587 – $3,657
Michigan MI32$2,116−67%$1,306 – $7,651
Tennessee TN11$1,945−70%$737 – $10,471
West Virginia WV18$1,871−71%$728 – $8,793
Washington WA11$1,703−73%$1,153 – $12,016
Iowa IA20$1,630−75%$1,630 – $1,975
Oklahoma OK14$1,380−78%$1,380 – $11,021
Oregon OR15$1,201−81%$1,193 – $9,363
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $6,397.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care616$6,934$1,630 – $13,478
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access77$1,590$1,099 – $7,236
Ownership
For-profit69$7,705$1,871 – $16,055
Government94$5,180$1,409 – $11,971
Non-profit537$6,397$1,590 – $12,352
System affiliation
Part of a system573$6,934$1,590 – $12,563
Independent128$3,646$1,224 – $11,972

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,800
Median cash price$6,397
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

392 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,753 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,642; most fall between $1,137 and $11,058.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 392 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$737$1,298$3,753$9,447$13,478

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($737 vs $13,478).

Of the 437 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 392 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

701 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 774 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted701
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code774

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Creation, revision and removal of arteriovenous fistula or vessel-to-vessel cannula for dialysis family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Crtj Arven Fstl Xcp Dir Arven Anast Nonautog Grf.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Dialysis access made with a synthetic graft (CPT 36830) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36830-dialysis-access-made-with-a-synthetic-graft