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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures

Vein closure using a rotating catheter and drug, first vein

CPT 36473the billing code this page is about

Minimally invasive treatment that seals a faulty vein from the inside using a spinning catheter tip combined with a medication, with ultrasound guidance; billed for the first vein treated.

Hospitals typically charge $4,237 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 594 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,498. Most fall between $2,742 and $7,243 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
594
States
49
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – 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 594 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
$1,173$2,974$4,237$6,429$8,898

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,173 vs $8,898).

How the prices are spread

$439 – $609: 8 hospitals$439$609 – $845: 5 hospitals$845 – $1,173: 17 hospitals$845$1,173 – $1,628: 7 hospitals$1,628 – $2,258: 33 hospitals$1,628$2,258 – $3,134: 66 hospitals$3,134 – $4,348: 147 hospitals$3,134$4,348 – $6,034: 123 hospitals$6,034 – $8,373: 71 hospitals$6,034$8,373 – $11,618: 61 hospitals$8,373median $4,237price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (538 of 594 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$439$6098
$609$8455
$845$1,17317
$1,173$1,6287
$1,628$2,25833
$2,258$3,13466
$3,134$4,348147
$4,348$6,034123
$6,034$8,37371
$8,373$11,61861

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$4,237
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.31×

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 $4,237.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $5,669 across 10 hospitalsWA$5,669Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $4,013 across 38 hospitalsIL$4,013Wisconsin: median $6,997 across 26 hospitalsWI$6,997Michigan: median $3,436 across 18 hospitalsMI$3,436New York: median $3,725 across 29 hospitalsNY$3,725Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,446 across 14 hospitalsIA$3,446Indiana: median $4,221 across 17 hospitalsIN$4,221Ohio: median $3,942 across 16 hospitalsOH$3,942Pennsylvania: median $4,555 across 37 hospitalsPA$4,555New Jersey: median $4,129 across 36 hospitalsNJ$4,129Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $8,898 across 57 hospitalsCA$8,898Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $4,707 across 19 hospitalsCO$4,707Nebraska: median $2,230 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,230Missouri: median $3,077 across 16 hospitalsMO$3,077Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,237 across 16 hospitalsVA$4,237Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $5,589 across 19 hospitalsNC$5,589South Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $346 across 14 hospitalsOK$346Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $5,134 across 10 hospitalsGA$5,134Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,338 across 37 hospitalsTX$4,338Florida: median $4,656 across 31 hospitalsFL$4,656
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,237. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA57$8,898+110%$2,974 – $10,009
Wisconsin WI26$6,997+65%$4,813 – $7,243
Washington WA10$5,669+34%$2,061 – $7,351
North Carolina NC19$5,589+32%$4,018 – $5,589
Georgia GA10$5,134+21%$5,134 – $5,134
Colorado CO19$4,707+11%$3,192 – $13,069
Florida FL31$4,656+10%$2,742 – $8,001
Pennsylvania PA37$4,555+8%$3,227 – $7,109
Texas TX37$4,338+2%$3,932 – $8,073
Virginia VA16$4,2370%$4,237 – $5,663
Indiana IN17$4,2210%$3,640 – $5,970
New Jersey NJ36$4,129−3%$3,484 – $5,741
Illinois IL38$4,013−5%$2,448 – $8,828
Ohio OH16$3,942−7%$910 – $4,976
New York NY29$3,725−12%$2,644 – $4,950
Iowa IA14$3,446−19%$3,446 – $4,663
Michigan MI18$3,436−19%$3,130 – $6,643
Missouri MO16$3,077−27%$1,706 – $3,458
Nebraska NE10$2,230−47%$2,230 – $2,763
Oklahoma OK14$346−92%$346 – $6,649
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $4,237.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care526$4,237$2,645 – $7,109
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access51$5,248$3,328 – $7,243
Ownership
For-profit51$4,338$1,543 – $8,001
Government71$3,936$2,984 – $6,017
Non-profit471$4,253$2,742 – $7,243
System affiliation
Part of a system528$4,338$2,764 – $7,243
Independent66$3,427$1,646 – $6,579

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,815
Median cash price$4,237
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

413 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,656 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,778; most fall between $2,763 and $7,717.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 413 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
$1,646$2,975$4,656$7,243$10,009

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,646 vs $10,009).

Of the 440 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 413 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

594 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 633 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted594
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code633

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 Endoven Abltj Incmptnt Vein Mchnchem 1st 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, “Vein closure using a rotating catheter and drug, first vein (CPT 36473) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36473-vein-closure-using-a-rotating-catheter-and-drug-first-vein