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Removal of the Short Saphenous Vein

Alabama rates for HCPCS 37718

This surgery ties off and removes the short (lesser) saphenous vein, a vein that runs up the back of the calf, when it has become varicose and is causing pain, swelling, or skin changes. The surgeon makes small incisions to tie off the vein at its connection point and pull it out along its length. It is an older, more invasive alternative to the minimally invasive vein treatments used today.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of the Short Saphenous Vein cost?

$4,080

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,080 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$479 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,259 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,129Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $407 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $692

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 30th of 50

$4,080

$692 physician + $3,388 facility

IN $10,701WV $897

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.