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Sclerotherapy Injection of One Faulty Vein

Colorado 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$132$45.71 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,905 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $135 to $7,413Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $43 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $132

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
$134.90
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$263.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$195

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.