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Vein Closure Using Medical Adhesive, First Vein

Iowa rates for HCPCS 36482

This procedure closes off a diseased, malfunctioning vein in an arm or leg, often a varicose vein, by injecting a medical adhesive (a type of glue) into the vein through a catheter, causing it to seal shut and be reabsorbed by the body over time. It treats the first vein addressed in that limb during the session; additional veins are billed separately. It's done using imaging guidance and doesn't require heat or a separate anesthetic injection along the entire vein.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vein Closure Using Medical Adhesive, First Vein cost?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$1,950$269 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,467 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $603 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $170 to $5,623
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,950

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
$933.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,370.32
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in California than in Maine. 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$2,291

CA $3,981ME $447

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.