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Stripping Of The Long Vein In The Leg

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,545

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$468 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,259 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,754Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $550

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
$588.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$16,982.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
1 more rate 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
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$2,545

$550 physician + $1,995 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.