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Laser Vein Ablation of an Additional Vein

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 36479

Closure of an additional incompetent (malfunctioning) vein in the same leg using laser energy delivered through a thin catheter, performed during the same session as treatment of the first vein. It is used for varicose veins, where the vein's valves no longer work properly and blood pools instead of flowing normally. Heat from the laser seals the vein shut, and blood flow reroutes through healthier nearby veins.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laser Vein Ablation of an Additional Vein cost?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$331$191 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$501 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,890Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $158 to $479
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $331

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
$354.81
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 36.3 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$427

HI $7,943RI $219

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.