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

Dialysis access clot removal with balloon widening

CPT 36905the billing code this page is about

Catheter treatment that clears clot from a dialysis fistula or graft and widens a narrowed segment of the access with a balloon.

Hospitals typically charge $13,859 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,716 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $14,603. Most fall between $7,754 and $23,443 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,716
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 1,716 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
$4,479$8,860$13,859$21,397$34,702

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($4,479 vs $34,702).

How the prices are spread

$2,567 – $3,398: 34 hospitals$2,567$3,398 – $4,497: 54 hospitals$4,497 – $5,953: 69 hospitals$4,497$5,953 – $7,880: 112 hospitals$7,880 – $10,430: 188 hospitals$7,880$10,430 – $13,806: 311 hospitals$13,806 – $18,275: 265 hospitals$13,806$18,275 – $24,191: 274 hospitals$24,191 – $32,021: 130 hospitals$24,191$32,021 – $42,385: 115 hospitals$32,021median $13,859price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,552 of 1,716 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2,567$3,39834
$3,398$4,49754
$4,497$5,95369
$5,953$7,880112
$7,880$10,430188
$10,430$13,806311
$13,806$18,275265
$18,275$24,191274
$24,191$32,021130
$32,021$42,385115

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$11,794
Median cash price$13,859
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.18×

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 $13,859.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $14,277 across 42 hospitalsWA$14,277Idaho: median $19,614 across 12 hospitalsID$19,614Montana: median $3,806 across 10 hospitalsMT$3,806North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $15,968 across 35 hospitalsMN$15,968Illinois: median $13,552 across 75 hospitalsIL$13,552Wisconsin: median $11,868 across 61 hospitalsWI$11,868Michigan: median $15,874 across 47 hospitalsMI$15,874New York: median $13,420 across 66 hospitalsNY$13,420Massachusetts: median $16,650 across 26 hospitalsMA$16,650Oregon: median $21,136 across 29 hospitalsOR$21,136Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $24,959 across 10 hospitalsSD$24,959Iowa: median $14,122 across 22 hospitalsIA$14,122Indiana: median $8,853 across 47 hospitalsIN$8,853Ohio: median $16,338 across 100 hospitalsOH$16,338Pennsylvania: median $16,654 across 88 hospitalsPA$16,654New Jersey: median $12,552 across 55 hospitalsNJ$12,552Connecticut: median $13,131 across 13 hospitalsCT$13,131Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $17,550 across 145 hospitalsCA$17,550Utah: median $11,452 across 23 hospitalsUT$11,452Colorado: median $13,972 across 34 hospitalsCO$13,972Nebraska: median $14,111 across 19 hospitalsNE$14,111Missouri: median $10,494 across 45 hospitalsMO$10,494Kentucky: median $11,457 across 16 hospitalsKY$11,457West Virginia: median $8,491 across 12 hospitalsWV$8,491Virginia: median $14,066 across 39 hospitalsVA$14,066Maryland: 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 $11,349 across 28 hospitalsAZ$11,349New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $19,026 across 16 hospitalsKS$19,026Arkansas: median $4,978 across 11 hospitalsAR$4,978Tennessee: median $5,352 across 35 hospitalsTN$5,352North Carolina: median $8,773 across 44 hospitalsNC$8,773South Carolina: median $15,066 across 36 hospitalsSC$15,066Oklahoma: median $8,005 across 28 hospitalsOK$8,005Louisiana: median $8,843 across 35 hospitalsLA$8,843Mississippi: median $7,835 across 29 hospitalsMS$7,835Alabama: median $12,403 across 14 hospitalsAL$12,403Georgia: median $13,789 across 60 hospitalsGA$13,789Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $16,900 across 148 hospitalsTX$16,900Florida: median $18,117 across 94 hospitalsFL$18,117
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $13,859. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD10$24,959+80%$20,908 – $25,091
Oregon OR29$21,136+53%$1,278 – $26,981
Idaho ID12$19,614+42%$18,000 – $19,614
Kansas KS16$19,026+37%$10,875 – $26,836
Florida FL94$18,117+31%$10,600 – $36,022
California CA145$17,550+27%$9,102 – $32,989
Texas TX148$16,900+22%$11,539 – $30,542
Pennsylvania PA88$16,654+20%$7,662 – $24,300
Massachusetts MA26$16,650+20%$10,226 – $23,399
Ohio OH100$16,338+18%$10,141 – $24,717
Minnesota MN35$15,968+15%$10,627 – $18,735
Michigan MI47$15,874+15%$10,899 – $31,155
South Carolina SC36$15,066+9%$7,652 – $18,462
Washington WA42$14,277+3%$8,064 – $25,550
Iowa IA22$14,122+2%$10,699 – $21,280
Nebraska NE19$14,111+2%$3,402 – $18,724
Virginia VA39$14,066+1%$10,130 – $17,706
Colorado CO34$13,972+1%$9,090 – $22,675
Georgia GA60$13,789−1%$8,875 – $18,908
Illinois IL75$13,552−2%$4,159 – $25,254
New York NY66$13,420−3%$7,781 – $24,534
Connecticut CT13$13,131−5%$7,303 – $25,388
New Jersey NJ55$12,552−9%$4,881 – $18,862
Alabama AL14$12,403−11%$10,485 – $20,308
Wisconsin WI61$11,868−14%$8,860 – $16,140
Kentucky KY16$11,457−17%$7,578 – $45,537
Utah UT23$11,452−17%$11,452 – $13,473
Arizona AZ28$11,349−18%$7,750 – $28,050
Missouri MO45$10,494−24%$7,784 – $19,550
Indiana IN47$8,853−36%$4,865 – $25,665
Louisiana LA35$8,843−36%$5,611 – $12,310
North Carolina NC44$8,773−37%$6,091 – $15,867
West Virginia WV12$8,491−39%$7,467 – $20,109
Oklahoma OK28$8,005−42%$850 – $14,189
Mississippi MS29$7,835−43%$4,477 – $13,859
Tennessee TN35$5,352−61%$4,180 – $9,459
Arkansas AR11$4,978−64%$3,955 – $11,418
Montana MT10$3,806−73%$3,514 – $17,056
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not 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 $13,859.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,541$13,972$7,906 – $23,983
Children’s30$10,387$6,297 – $29,480
Critical access136$11,868$5,887 – $20,223
Ownership
For-profit193$15,731$8,927 – $33,447
Government202$11,646$5,051 – $19,945
Non-profit1,312$13,965$7,924 – $23,184
System affiliation
Part of a system1,498$13,933$7,906 – $23,443
Independent218$13,389$5,934 – $23,839

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$25,194
Median cash price$13,859
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

1,332 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $14,437 and the average of the middle 60% is $15,304; most fall between $8,365 and $24,300.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,332 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
$4,764$9,138$14,437$21,921$34,999

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($4,764 vs $34,999).

Of the 1,451 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,332 gave a usable cash price; 57 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 61 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,716 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,891 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,716
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here106
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 — excluded64
Hospitals that filed this code1,891

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 Perq Thrmbc/Nfs Dial Circuit 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 clot removal with balloon widening (CPT 36905) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36905-dialysis-access-clot-removal-with-balloon-widening