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Sclerotherapy Injection of One Faulty Vein

Illinois 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $977 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$129$72.44 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$204 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $74 to $4,677Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $46 to $269
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $977professional $129

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
$74.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 25th of 51

$145

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.