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Vein Closure Using Medical Adhesive, First Vein

Louisiana 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$1,514$251 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,514 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,630
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $1,514

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
$741.31
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$1,995

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.