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Blocking An Abnormal Vein Using Image Guidance

Iowa rates for HCPCS 37241

This procedure uses a catheter, guided by imaging, to intentionally block off an abnormal or unwanted vein, such as one causing a venous malformation or varicocele, for a reason other than stopping active bleeding. Small particles, coils, or another blocking agent are delivered directly into the vein through the catheter. It's a minimally invasive alternative to open surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blocking An Abnormal Vein Using Image Guidance cost?

$10,923

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,923 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,467$646 to $10,471
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,631 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $17,783Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $447 to $16,218
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $4,467

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
$933.25
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$13,182.57
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$28,183.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,218.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,803.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in South Dakota than in Mississippi. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 20th of 50

$10,923

$4,467 physician + $6,457 facility

SD $29,796MS $3,815

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.