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Blocking An Abnormal Vein Using Image Guidance

Louisiana 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?

$11,564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$603 to $6,166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$5,012 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $17,783Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,586
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $3,802

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
$602.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,585.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
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
$251.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$645.65

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$11,564

$3,802 physician + $7,762 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.