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Vein Closure Using Medical Adhesive, First Vein

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 9 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$1,549$195 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$2,630 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,630
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $1,549

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,090.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$33,113.11
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 33rd of 51

$1,820

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.