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Sealing An Additional Vein From The Inside

California rates for HCPCS 36474

Closes off a further faulty vein in the same arm or leg during the same session, by passing a thin tube inside the vein and using a rotating tip together with a medicine that irritates and seals the vessel shut, without heat. Treating each further vein is billed in addition to the first.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sealing An Additional Vein From The Inside cost?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 12 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$275$107 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$3,890 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $13,804Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $275

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$758.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$954.99
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$588.84

Where California sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

California· 1st of 51

$3,802

CA $3,802HI $174

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.