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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures

Glue closure of a varicose leg vein, first vein

CPT 36482the billing code this page is about

A catheter delivers a medical adhesive inside a faulty vein of the arm or leg to seal it closed; this code covers the first vein treated.

Hospitals typically charge $5,983 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 933 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,285. Most fall between $3,548 and $10,669 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
933
States
50
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 933 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
$2,284$3,786$5,983$9,212$14,211

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,284 vs $14,211).

How the prices are spread

$1,120 – $1,469: 17 hospitals$1,120$1,469 – $1,925: 18 hospitals$1,925 – $2,524: 27 hospitals$1,925$2,524 – $3,309: 61 hospitals$3,309 – $4,339: 143 hospitals$3,309$4,339 – $5,688: 127 hospitals$5,688 – $7,457: 140 hospitals$5,688$7,457 – $9,777: 132 hospitals$9,777 – $12,818: 117 hospitals$9,777$12,818 – $16,805: 60 hospitals$12,818median $5,983price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (842 of 933 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,120$1,46917
$1,469$1,92518
$1,925$2,52427
$2,524$3,30961
$3,309$4,339143
$4,339$5,688127
$5,688$7,457140
$7,457$9,777132
$9,777$12,818117
$12,818$16,80560

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,685
Median cash price$5,983
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.05×

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 $5,983.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $9,139 across 27 hospitalsWA$9,139Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,366 across 42 hospitalsMN$4,366Illinois: median $6,722 across 59 hospitalsIL$6,722Wisconsin: median $5,453 across 63 hospitalsWI$5,453Michigan: median $7,651 across 21 hospitalsMI$7,651New York: median $6,397 across 38 hospitalsNY$6,397Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,876 across 16 hospitalsOR$2,876Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $11,507 across 11 hospitalsSD$11,507Iowa: median $4,606 across 25 hospitalsIA$4,606Indiana: median $4,205 across 32 hospitalsIN$4,205Ohio: median $3,753 across 57 hospitalsOH$3,753Pennsylvania: median $9,090 across 34 hospitalsPA$9,090New Jersey: median $5,983 across 30 hospitalsNJ$5,983Connecticut: 5 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 $5,377 across 74 hospitalsCA$5,377Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $5,787 across 23 hospitalsCO$5,787Nebraska: median $4,521 across 19 hospitalsNE$4,521Missouri: median $6,260 across 25 hospitalsMO$6,260Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $5,599 across 10 hospitalsWV$5,599Virginia: median $4,757 across 11 hospitalsVA$4,757Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $29,267 across 14 hospitalsAZ$29,267New Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $3,440 across 10 hospitalsKS$3,440Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,259 across 12 hospitalsTN$3,259North Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $8,784 across 21 hospitalsSC$8,784Oklahoma: median $2,908 across 16 hospitalsOK$2,908Louisiana: median $3,566 across 15 hospitalsLA$3,566Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,508 across 13 hospitalsAL$6,508Georgia: median $6,460 across 35 hospitalsGA$6,460Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,046 across 57 hospitalsTX$9,046Florida: median $7,275 across 39 hospitalsFL$7,275
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,983. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ14$29,267+389%$3,558 – $29,267
South Dakota SD11$11,507+92%$8,302 – $15,281
Washington WA27$9,139+53%$3,687 – $11,512
Pennsylvania PA34$9,090+52%$6,574 – $11,641
Texas TX57$9,046+51%$5,254 – $14,644
South Carolina SC21$8,784+47%$8,784 – $10,230
Michigan MI21$7,651+28%$3,999 – $16,805
Florida FL39$7,275+22%$5,071 – $16,091
Illinois IL59$6,722+12%$1,409 – $12,297
Alabama AL13$6,508+9%$4,581 – $7,854
Georgia GA35$6,460+8%$3,775 – $8,692
New York NY38$6,397+7%$6,126 – $10,112
Missouri MO25$6,260+5%$3,112 – $7,395
New Jersey NJ30$5,9830%$5,110 – $7,308
Colorado CO23$5,787−3%$3,884 – $21,604
West Virginia WV10$5,599−6%$1,065 – $14,039
Wisconsin WI63$5,453−9%$3,999 – $7,542
California CA74$5,377−10%$4,273 – $13,609
Virginia VA11$4,757−20%$2,358 – $10,192
Iowa IA25$4,606−23%$3,281 – $8,791
Nebraska NE19$4,521−24%$3,639 – $5,692
Minnesota MN42$4,366−27%$3,324 – $5,756
Indiana IN32$4,205−30%$2,557 – $8,939
Ohio OH57$3,753−37%$3,004 – $8,442
Louisiana LA15$3,566−40%$2,290 – $5,792
Kansas KS10$3,440−43%$630 – $5,242
Tennessee TN12$3,259−46%$1,750 – $8,287
Oklahoma OK16$2,908−51%$2,908 – $6,845
Oregon OR16$2,876−52%$2,876 – $7,024
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $5,983.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care790$6,247$3,656 – $10,669
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access124$4,606$1,931 – $10,230
Ownership
For-profit87$8,000$3,775 – $14,822
Government111$5,607$2,910 – $7,979
Non-profit733$5,856$3,548 – $10,718
System affiliation
Part of a system828$5,983$3,566 – $10,718
Independent105$5,983$2,354 – $10,230

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$10,950
Median cash price$5,983
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

702 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $6,067 and the average of the middle 60% is $6,419; most fall between $3,558 and $10,994.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 702 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
$2,693$3,791$6,067$9,556$14,957

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,693 vs $14,957).

Of the 759 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 702 gave a usable cash price; 37 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

933 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,039 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted933
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here90
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 — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code1,039

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 Ablti Ther Chem Adhesive 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, “Glue closure of a varicose leg vein, first vein (CPT 36482) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36482-glue-closure-of-a-varicose-leg-vein-first-vein