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Clot removal from a dialysis cannula using a balloon

CPT 36861the billing code this page is about

Clearing a clotted external dialysis cannula, including passing a balloon catheter through it to restore flow.

Hospitals typically charge $4,960 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 401 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,508. Most fall between $580 and $9,918 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
401
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 401 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
$267$1,342$4,960$7,016$14,828

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 56× what the cheapest tenth charges ($267 vs $14,828).

How the prices are spread

$234 – $357: 48 hospitals$234$357 – $545: 17 hospitals$545 – $832: 6 hospitals$545$832 – $1,270: 14 hospitals$1,270 – $1,939: 34 hospitals$1,270$1,939 – $2,959: 14 hospitals$2,959 – $4,516: 50 hospitals$2,959$4,516 – $6,893: 98 hospitals$6,893 – $10,520: 32 hospitals$6,893$10,520 – $16,055: 54 hospitals$10,520median $4,960price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (367 of 401 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$234$35748
$357$54517
$545$8326
$832$1,27014
$1,270$1,93934
$1,939$2,95914
$2,959$4,51650
$4,516$6,89398
$6,893$10,52032
$10,520$16,05554

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,685
Median cash price$4,960
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.87×

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 $4,960.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $461 across 18 hospitalsIL$461Wisconsin: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWIMichigan: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $6,397 across 29 hospitalsNY$6,397Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $249 across 10 hospitalsOR$249Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $339 across 14 hospitalsIA$339Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,022 across 20 hospitalsOH$3,022Pennsylvania: median $8,394 across 19 hospitalsPA$8,394New Jersey: median $5,983 across 25 hospitalsNJ$5,983Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,918 across 58 hospitalsCA$9,918Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $225 across 16 hospitalsOK$225Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,918 across 16 hospitalsGA$1,918Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $5,271 across 33 hospitalsTX$5,271Florida: median $4,960 across 30 hospitalsFL$4,960
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,960. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA58$9,918+100%$5,319 – $15,691
Pennsylvania PA19$8,394+69%$4,061 – $11,641
New York NY29$6,397+29%$4,265 – $11,695
New Jersey NJ25$5,983+21%$4,881 – $6,366
Texas TX33$5,271+6%$3,327 – $5,693
Florida FL30$4,9600%$4,135 – $5,071
Ohio OH20$3,022−39%$623 – $18,891
Georgia GA16$1,918−61%$1,918 – $1,918
Illinois IL18$461−91%$234 – $5,569
Iowa IA14$339−93%$339 – $397
Oregon OR10$249−95%$249 – $252
Oklahoma OK16$225−95%$225 – $6,068
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $4,960.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care371$4,960$1,132 – $9,918
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access20$262$234 – $12,563
Ownership
For-profit50$5,271$548 – $10,042
Government41$3,286$397 – $6,397
Non-profit308$4,960$743 – $10,532
System affiliation
Part of a system353$4,960$880 – $10,532
Independent48$1,886$410 – $7,200

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,654
Median cash price$4,960
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

292 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,935 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,567; most fall between $411 and $11,695.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 292 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
$249$1,055$3,935$9,730$15,691

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 63× what the cheapest tenth charges ($249 vs $15,691).

Of the 324 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 292 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

401 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 461 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted401
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code461

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 Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Xtrnl Cannula Decltng Spx W/Balo Cath.

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, “Clot removal from a dialysis cannula using a balloon (CPT 36861) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36861-clot-removal-from-a-dialysis-cannula-using-a-balloon