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Vein Sealing With Adhesive, Added Veins

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 36483

Closes a leaky varicose vein in an arm or a leg by delivering a small amount of medical adhesive through a thin tube, sealing the vein shut so blood reroutes through healthier veins. This covers each further vein treated in the same limb during the visit, each entered through its own puncture site. It is billed in addition to the first vein treated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vein Sealing With Adhesive, Added Veins cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$158$126 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$501 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $174 to $3,467Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $105 to $234
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,259professional $158

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
$204.17
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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· 10th of 51

$229

CA $3,162RI $115

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.