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Catheter Closure of a Faulty Leg Vein

Michigan rates for HCPCS 36473

Seals off a leg vein whose valves have failed and which is feeding varicose veins and swelling. Through a needle puncture, a thin catheter is threaded inside the vein under ultrasound guidance and the vein wall is treated so the vein closes permanently; blood then returns through healthier veins. This covers the first vein treated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Closure of a Faulty Leg Vein cost?

$257

Typical physician fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $1,549.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,698
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $257

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Vermont than in Michigan. 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· 51st of 51

$257

VT $1,549MI $257

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.