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Sclerotherapy Injection of One Faulty Vein

Virginia 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$117$53.70 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$117 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $49 to $7,079Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $44 to $282
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $117

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
$64.57
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$229.09

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$126

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.