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Vein Sealing With Adhesive, Added Veins

Missouri 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 October 2026.

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

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$107 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$174 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $102 to $4,467Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $91 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $151

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Missouri· 37th of 51

$155

AK $479FL $129

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.