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Procedure price report · Varicose vein stripping, lower limb

Tie-off and removal of the small saphenous leg vein

CPT 37718the billing code this page is about

Surgery that ties, divides, and strips out the smaller surface vein running up the back of the calf, for varicose veins.

Hospitals typically charge $1,599 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 351 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,315. Most fall between $657 and $5,259 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
351
States
45
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 351 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
$466$710$1,599$4,516$7,280

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($466 vs $7,280).

How the prices are spread

$371 – $512: 25 hospitals$371$512 – $707: 46 hospitals$707 – $977: 35 hospitals$707$977 – $1,349: 36 hospitals$1,349 – $1,862: 32 hospitals$1,349$1,862 – $2,571: 6 hospitals$2,571 – $3,551: 23 hospitals$2,571$3,551 – $4,902: 51 hospitals$4,902 – $6,769: 39 hospitals$4,902$6,769 – $9,346: 32 hospitals$6,769median $1,599price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (325 of 351 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$371$51225
$512$70746
$707$97735
$977$1,34936
$1,349$1,86232
$1,862$2,5716
$2,571$3,55123
$3,551$4,90251
$4,902$6,76939
$6,769$9,34632

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$1,599
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.50×

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 $1,599.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $984 across 20 hospitalsIL$984Wisconsin: median $1,599 across 16 hospitalsWI$1,599Michigan: median $678 across 25 hospitalsMI$678New York: median $3,725 across 26 hospitalsNY$3,725Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $710 across 13 hospitalsOR$710Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,026 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,026Indiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,854 across 11 hospitalsOH$1,854Pennsylvania: median $2,245 across 18 hospitalsPA$2,245New Jersey: median $4,200 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,346 across 28 hospitalsCA$9,346Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $434 across 10 hospitalsWV$434Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $657 across 12 hospitalsOK$657Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,259 across 18 hospitalsTX$5,259Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,599. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA28$9,346+485%$2,014 – $9,346
Texas TX18$5,259+229%$5,259 – $5,259
New Jersey NJ31$4,200+163%$3,487 – $5,110
New York NY26$3,725+133%$920 – $3,748
Pennsylvania PA18$2,245+40%$73 – $5,666
Ohio OH11$1,854+16%$1,121 – $3,593
Wisconsin WI16$1,5990%$1,485 – $1,599
Iowa IA15$1,026−36%$1,026 – $1,026
Illinois IL20$984−38%$333 – $3,189
Oregon OR13$710−56%$710 – $710
Michigan MI25$678−58%$537 – $1,599
Oklahoma OK12$657−59%$657 – $657
West Virginia WV10$434−73%$423 – $1,204
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not 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 $1,599.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care280$3,098$678 – $5,322
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access66$845$531 – $1,599
Ownership
For-profit28$2,123$656 – $5,706
Government53$1,311$652 – $3,725
Non-profit269$1,599$657 – $5,321
System affiliation
Part of a system280$1,599$657 – $5,259
Independent71$1,300$695 – $3,593

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,522
Median cash price$1,599
Cash as a share of list, median hospital63%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. 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

212 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,204 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,891; most fall between $657 and $5,259.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 212 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
$385$662$1,204$5,259$9,346

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($385 vs $9,346).

Of the 231 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 212 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

351 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 397 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted351
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here36
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 — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code397

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 Varicose vein stripping, lower limb family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Lig Div & Stripping Short Saphenous 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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Tie-off and removal of the small saphenous leg vein (CPT 37718) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37718-tie-off-and-removal-of-the-small-saphenous-leg-vein