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Sclerotherapy Injection of One Faulty Vein

Louisiana 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 5 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$54.95 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$447 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,467Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $44 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $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
$134.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$200

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.