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Vein Closure Using Medical Adhesive, First Vein

Minnesota 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 6 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$1,778$372 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$4,571 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,370
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $1,778

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
$181.97
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 19th of 51

$1,950

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.