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Stripping Of The Long Vein In The Leg

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 37722

Ties off the great saphenous vein, the long surface vein running up the inner side of the leg, where it joins the deep vein in the groin, and removes it through small incisions down to the knee or below. It treats severe varicose veins by taking out the faulty vein so blood returns through healthier ones.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stripping Of The Long Vein In The Leg cost?

$2,579

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$457 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$955 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,128Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $912
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $537

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
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$2,579

$537 physician + $2,042 facility

WI $7,610MT $1,433

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.