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Sclerotherapy Injection of One Faulty Vein

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36470

A medicine is injected into a faulty vein to irritate its lining so the vein seals shut and is gradually absorbed by the body. Blood then reroutes through healthier veins nearby. This covers treatment of a single problem vein rather than fine surface spider veins.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sclerotherapy Injection of One Faulty Vein cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $912 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$69.18 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$692 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,585Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $44 to $200
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $912professional $110

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Oklahoma than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$155

OK $813RI $105

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.