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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 October 2026.

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

$14,968

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,968 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,457 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$6,457$1,023 to $10,965
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$4,266 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $17,783Professionalmedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $676 to $14,454
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $6,457

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
$676.08
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,182.57
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,982.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,882.50
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,125.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$10,715.19
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
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$691.83

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alabama 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 8th of 51

$14,968

$6,457 physician + $8,511 facility

AL $20,420ME $4,758

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.