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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures

Sclerosant injection for one leaky vein

CPT 36470the billing code this page is about

Injection of a solution that closes off a single incompetent vein other than a spider vein; billed once for the one vein treated.

Hospitals typically charge $458 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,390 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $484. Most fall between $214 and $1,020 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,390
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,390 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$133$250$458$835$1,394

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($133 vs $1,394).

How the prices are spread

$76 – $105: 34 hospitals$76$105 – $145: 72 hospitals$145 – $201: 77 hospitals$145$201 – $277: 165 hospitals$277 – $383: 174 hospitals$277$383 – $529: 241 hospitals$529 – $731: 166 hospitals$529$731 – $1,010: 112 hospitals$1,010 – $1,395: 142 hospitals$1,010$1,395 – $1,927: 72 hospitals$1,395median $458price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,255 of 1,390 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$76$10534
$105$14572
$145$20177
$201$277165
$277$383174
$383$529241
$529$731166
$731$1,010112
$1,010$1,395142
$1,395$1,92772

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$415
Median cash price$458
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.10×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $458.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $449 across 33 hospitalsWA$449Idaho: median $1,117 across 10 hospitalsID$1,117Montana: median $176 across 11 hospitalsMT$176North Dakota: median $323 across 10 hospitalsND$323Minnesota: median $483 across 46 hospitalsMN$483Illinois: median $428 across 73 hospitalsIL$428Wisconsin: median $311 across 68 hospitalsWI$311Michigan: median $305 across 47 hospitalsMI$305New York: median $473 across 51 hospitalsNY$473Massachusetts: median $496 across 21 hospitalsMA$496Oregon: median $432 across 22 hospitalsOR$432Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $267 across 30 hospitalsIA$267Indiana: median $281 across 42 hospitalsIN$281Ohio: median $489 across 75 hospitalsOH$489Pennsylvania: median $480 across 76 hospitalsPA$480New Jersey: median $548 across 46 hospitalsNJ$548Connecticut: median $559 across 10 hospitalsCT$559Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $972 across 96 hospitalsCA$972Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $962 across 28 hospitalsCO$962Nebraska: median $212 across 27 hospitalsNE$212Missouri: median $385 across 37 hospitalsMO$385Kentucky: median $374 across 16 hospitalsKY$374West Virginia: median $219 across 18 hospitalsWV$219Virginia: median $307 across 29 hospitalsVA$307Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $326 across 22 hospitalsAZ$326New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $228 across 13 hospitalsKS$228Arkansas: median $496 across 10 hospitalsAR$496Tennessee: median $306 across 29 hospitalsTN$306North Carolina: median $412 across 32 hospitalsNC$412South Carolina: median $6,704 across 22 hospitalsSC$6,704Oklahoma: median $245 across 30 hospitalsOK$245Louisiana: median $216 across 19 hospitalsLA$216Mississippi: median $192 across 12 hospitalsMS$192Alabama: median $362 across 12 hospitalsAL$362Georgia: median $835 across 51 hospitalsGA$835Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $526 across 74 hospitalsTX$526Florida: median $669 across 65 hospitalsFL$669
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $458. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC22$6,704+1365%$299 – $7,150
Idaho ID10$1,117+144%$180 – $1,117
California CA96$972+113%$332 – $1,092
Colorado CO28$962+110%$274 – $1,649
Georgia GA51$835+83%$533 – $1,204
Florida FL65$669+46%$470 – $1,431
Connecticut CT10$559+22%$385 – $788
New Jersey NJ46$548+20%$443 – $4,500
Texas TX74$526+15%$276 – $962
Arkansas AR10$496+8%$80 – $588
Massachusetts MA21$496+8%$169 – $771
Ohio OH75$489+7%$369 – $1,168
Minnesota MN46$483+6%$314 – $590
Pennsylvania PA76$480+5%$283 – $1,246
New York NY51$473+3%$142 – $586
Washington WA33$449−2%$239 – $1,052
Oregon OR22$432−6%$211 – $961
Illinois IL73$428−7%$177 – $834
North Carolina NC32$412−10%$145 – $465
Missouri MO37$385−16%$241 – $460
Kentucky KY16$374−18%$169 – $1,604
Alabama AL12$362−21%$218 – $493
Arizona AZ22$326−29%$60 – $1,763
North Dakota ND10$323−29%$267 – $592
Wisconsin WI68$311−32%$166 – $361
Virginia VA29$307−33%$193 – $614
Tennessee TN29$306−33%$241 – $574
Michigan MI47$305−33%$73 – $1,115
Indiana IN42$281−39%$169 – $512
Iowa IA30$267−42%$119 – $412
Oklahoma OK30$245−46%$62 – $492
Kansas KS13$228−50%$79 – $344
West Virginia WV18$219−52%$41 – $698
Louisiana LA19$216−53%$138 – $559
Nebraska NE27$212−54%$119 – $317
Mississippi MS12$192−58%$101 – $278
Montana MT11$176−62%$152 – $317
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $458.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,147$477$238 – $1,084
Children’s33$547$233 – $1,406
Critical access205$273$152 – $505
Ownership
For-profit116$520$234 – $1,204
Government207$448$224 – $686
Non-profit1,062$460$214 – $1,084
System affiliation
Part of a system1,178$463$224 – $1,084
Independent212$374$137 – $749

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$803
Median cash price$458
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,016 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $488 and the average of the middle 60% is $549; most fall between $238 and $1,092.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,016 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$145$267$488$962$1,400

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($145 vs $1,400).

Of the 1,078 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,016 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,390 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,480 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,390
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded40
Hospitals that filed this code1,480

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Injection Sclerosant Single Incmptnt Vein.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Sclerosant injection for one leaky vein (CPT 36470) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36470-sclerosant-injection-for-one-leaky-vein