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Sclerotherapy Injection of One Faulty Vein

Michigan 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 6 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$112$51.29 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$417 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $148 to $4,898Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $40 to $162
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $112

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
$147.91
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$120

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.