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Closing Off Penile Veins

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 37790

A procedure that ties off or blocks veins draining the penis so blood stays in during an erection instead of leaking away. It is used for erection difficulty caused specifically by blood escaping too quickly through those veins, confirmed by testing beforehand. It does not treat erection problems caused by nerve damage or poor arterial inflow.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Closing Off Penile Veins cost?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$537 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$776 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,710Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $759

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
$478.63
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in California 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$832

CA $6,026WV $550

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.