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Sclerotherapy Injection of One Faulty Vein

Massachusetts 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 8 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$126$67.61 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$57.54 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $43 to $3,388Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $41 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $126

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
$104.71
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$338.84

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 37th of 51

$129

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.