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Vein Closure Using Medical Adhesive, First Vein

Tennessee 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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$1,820$240 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$2,089 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $708 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,802
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,820

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
$707.95
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,467.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 11th of 51

$2,089

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.