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

Dialysis access dye study with balloon widening

CPT 36902the billing code this page is about

Imaging of a dialysis fistula or graft plus balloon widening of a narrowed segment within the access circuit itself.

Hospitals typically charge $8,198 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,820 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $8,574. Most fall between $4,507 and $14,282 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,820
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 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 1,820 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
$2,377$5,144$8,198$12,336$18,728

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,377 vs $18,728).

How the prices are spread

$1,308 – $1,748: 53 hospitals$1,308$1,748 – $2,335: 47 hospitals$2,335 – $3,119: 71 hospitals$2,335$3,119 – $4,166: 83 hospitals$4,166 – $5,565: 171 hospitals$4,166$5,565 – $7,433: 299 hospitals$7,433 – $9,929: 340 hospitals$7,433$9,929 – $13,263: 259 hospitals$13,263 – $17,717: 209 hospitals$13,263$17,717 – $23,666: 118 hospitals$17,717median $8,198price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,650 of 1,820 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,308$1,74853
$1,748$2,33547
$2,335$3,11971
$3,119$4,16683
$4,166$5,565171
$5,565$7,433299
$7,433$9,929340
$9,929$13,263259
$13,263$17,717209
$17,717$23,666118

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,815
Median cash price$8,198
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.41×

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 $8,198.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $10,031 across 43 hospitalsWA$10,031Idaho: median $11,004 across 12 hospitalsID$11,004Montana: median $2,026 across 10 hospitalsMT$2,026North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,823 across 36 hospitalsMN$8,823Illinois: median $7,740 across 79 hospitalsIL$7,740Wisconsin: median $8,128 across 62 hospitalsWI$8,128Michigan: median $10,040 across 51 hospitalsMI$10,040New York: median $8,100 across 78 hospitalsNY$8,100Massachusetts: median $9,837 across 32 hospitalsMA$9,837Oregon: median $11,867 across 29 hospitalsOR$11,867Nevada: median $6,190 across 10 hospitalsNV$6,190Wyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $14,982 across 10 hospitalsSD$14,982Iowa: median $9,465 across 25 hospitalsIA$9,465Indiana: median $6,839 across 49 hospitalsIN$6,839Ohio: median $8,423 across 107 hospitalsOH$8,423Pennsylvania: median $9,549 across 97 hospitalsPA$9,549New Jersey: median $6,316 across 56 hospitalsNJ$6,316Connecticut: median $7,369 across 16 hospitalsCT$7,369Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,956 across 145 hospitalsCA$11,956Utah: median $12,139 across 26 hospitalsUT$12,139Colorado: median $8,515 across 34 hospitalsCO$8,515Nebraska: median $7,280 across 21 hospitalsNE$7,280Missouri: median $6,228 across 46 hospitalsMO$6,228Kentucky: median $7,977 across 16 hospitalsKY$7,977West Virginia: median $5,720 across 15 hospitalsWV$5,720Virginia: median $8,691 across 40 hospitalsVA$8,691Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,813 across 29 hospitalsAZ$5,813New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $7,600 across 19 hospitalsKS$7,600Arkansas: median $2,916 across 16 hospitalsAR$2,916Tennessee: median $2,648 across 38 hospitalsTN$2,648North Carolina: median $4,874 across 48 hospitalsNC$4,874South Carolina: median $6,697 across 36 hospitalsSC$6,697Oklahoma: median $5,479 across 31 hospitalsOK$5,479Louisiana: median $4,356 across 35 hospitalsLA$4,356Mississippi: median $4,624 across 29 hospitalsMS$4,624Alabama: median $8,069 across 19 hospitalsAL$8,069Georgia: median $7,326 across 59 hospitalsGA$7,326Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,720 across 155 hospitalsTX$9,720Florida: median $7,892 across 98 hospitalsFL$7,892
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $8,198. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD10$14,982+83%$14,982 – $18,954
Utah UT26$12,139+48%$12,139 – $14,282
California CA145$11,956+46%$5,762 – $17,349
Oregon OR29$11,867+45%$688 – $14,912
Idaho ID12$11,004+34%$11,004 – $13,750
Michigan MI51$10,040+22%$5,824 – $15,916
Washington WA43$10,031+22%$3,998 – $14,704
Massachusetts MA32$9,837+20%$7,243 – $16,631
Texas TX155$9,720+19%$6,046 – $17,202
Pennsylvania PA97$9,549+16%$5,728 – $15,728
Iowa IA25$9,465+15%$4,783 – $11,513
Minnesota MN36$8,823+8%$5,922 – $11,332
Virginia VA40$8,691+6%$5,122 – $8,877
Colorado CO34$8,515+4%$5,969 – $9,934
Ohio OH107$8,423+3%$7,511 – $16,871
Wisconsin WI62$8,128−1%$1,308 – $9,839
New York NY78$8,100−1%$4,068 – $12,648
Alabama AL19$8,069−2%$4,173 – $12,866
Kentucky KY16$7,977−3%$5,874 – $22,894
Florida FL98$7,892−4%$5,033 – $23,490
Illinois IL79$7,740−6%$2,940 – $12,508
Kansas KS19$7,600−7%$4,366 – $19,382
Connecticut CT16$7,369−10%$6,494 – $11,258
Georgia GA59$7,326−11%$4,548 – $11,226
Nebraska NE21$7,280−11%$1,823 – $10,046
Indiana IN49$6,839−17%$4,340 – $14,223
South Carolina SC36$6,697−18%$5,307 – $13,100
New Jersey NJ56$6,316−23%$4,500 – $9,283
Missouri MO46$6,228−24%$4,285 – $10,200
Nevada NV10$6,190−24%$3,139 – $10,213
Arizona AZ29$5,813−29%$4,112 – $14,723
West Virginia WV15$5,720−30%$3,185 – $12,778
Oklahoma OK31$5,479−33%$1,172 – $7,644
North Carolina NC48$4,874−41%$3,648 – $7,915
Mississippi MS29$4,624−44%$2,455 – $7,416
Louisiana LA35$4,356−47%$2,711 – $6,353
Arkansas AR16$2,916−64%$1,947 – $6,800
Tennessee TN38$2,648−68%$2,068 – $7,000
Montana MT10$2,026−75%$2,026 – $8,440
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $8,198.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,631$8,236$4,624 – $14,393
Children’s36$6,706$2,712 – $14,242
Critical access144$7,915$1,895 – $12,139
Ownership
For-profit216$10,182$5,079 – $18,343
Government215$6,747$2,798 – $11,940
Non-profit1,380$8,373$4,548 – $14,187
System affiliation
Part of a system1,581$8,423$4,724 – $14,282
Independent239$7,364$2,897 – $13,590

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$15,237
Median cash price$8,198
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

1,374 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $8,747 and the average of the middle 60% is $9,032; most fall between $4,862 and $14,631.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,374 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
$2,491$5,546$8,747$12,866$19,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,491 vs $19,382).

Of the 1,514 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,374 gave a usable cash price; 77 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 62 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,820 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,006 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,820
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here113
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded68
Hospitals that filed this code2,006

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 Intro Cath Dialysis Circuit W/Trluml Balo Angiop.

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 dye study with balloon widening (CPT 36902) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36902-dialysis-access-dye-study-with-balloon-widening