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Vein Closure Treatment For Varicose Veins, First Vein

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36475

This is a minimally invasive procedure that uses heat energy delivered through a thin catheter inside a diseased vein to close it off, redirecting blood flow to healthier veins nearby. It treats the first vein addressed in the procedure and is commonly used for varicose veins in the leg.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vein Closure Treatment For Varicose Veins, First Vein cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 5 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$1,096$490 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,259 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,096

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
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Hawaii 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.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$1,259

HI $3,020RI $832

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.