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Procedure price report · Varicose vein stripping, lower limb

Varicose vein removal through 10 to 20 tiny cuts, one leg

CPT 37765the billing code this page is about

Removal of varicose veins by pulling them out through 10 to 20 small puncture incisions in one arm or leg.

Hospitals typically charge $3,656 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,176 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,640. Most fall between $1,340 and $5,982 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,176
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 1,176 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
$795$1,756$3,656$5,631$9,864

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($795 vs $9,864).

How the prices are spread

$595 – $804: 62 hospitals$595$804 – $1,085: 56 hospitals$1,085 – $1,466: 77 hospitals$1,085$1,466 – $1,979: 75 hospitals$1,979 – $2,673: 81 hospitals$1,979$2,673 – $3,610: 167 hospitals$3,610 – $4,875: 232 hospitals$3,610$4,875 – $6,584: 160 hospitals$6,584 – $8,892: 46 hospitals$6,584$8,892 – $12,009: 105 hospitals$8,892median $3,656price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,061 of 1,176 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$595$80462
$804$1,08556
$1,085$1,46677
$1,466$1,97975
$1,979$2,67381
$2,673$3,610167
$3,610$4,875232
$4,875$6,584160
$6,584$8,89246
$8,892$12,009105

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,656
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.13×

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 $3,656.

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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,953 across 29 hospitalsWA$2,953Idaho: median $7,280 across 11 hospitalsID$7,280Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,822 across 57 hospitalsMN$2,822Illinois: median $3,458 across 61 hospitalsIL$3,458Wisconsin: median $2,458 across 73 hospitalsWI$2,458Michigan: median $1,945 across 47 hospitalsMI$1,945New York: median $3,748 across 61 hospitalsNY$3,748Massachusetts: median $4,480 across 11 hospitalsMA$4,480Oregon: median $2,830 across 26 hospitalsOR$2,830Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $4,701 across 10 hospitalsSD$4,701Iowa: median $1,181 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,181Indiana: median $3,470 across 36 hospitalsIN$3,470Ohio: median $4,902 across 71 hospitalsOH$4,902Pennsylvania: median $4,414 across 53 hospitalsPA$4,414New Jersey: median $4,200 across 38 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: 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 $5,875 across 63 hospitalsCA$5,875Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,165 across 23 hospitalsCO$2,165Nebraska: median $1,968 across 18 hospitalsNE$1,968Missouri: median $2,822 across 35 hospitalsMO$2,822Kentucky: median $3,007 across 20 hospitalsKY$3,007West Virginia: median $1,663 across 18 hospitalsWV$1,663Virginia: median $5,591 across 27 hospitalsVA$5,591Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,684 across 24 hospitalsAZ$1,684New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,140 across 14 hospitalsKS$2,140Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,324 across 15 hospitalsTN$2,324North Carolina: median $2,442 across 10 hospitalsNC$2,442South Carolina: median $5,823 across 11 hospitalsSC$5,823Oklahoma: median $2,309 across 24 hospitalsOK$2,309Louisiana: median $2,957 across 14 hospitalsLA$2,957Mississippi: median $1,565 across 13 hospitalsMS$1,565Alabama: median $4,080 across 15 hospitalsAL$4,080Georgia: median $3,978 across 52 hospitalsGA$3,978Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,768 across 40 hospitalsTX$5,768Florida: median $4,381 across 53 hospitalsFL$4,381
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,656. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$7,280+99%$4,500 – $8,591
California CA63$5,875+61%$3,496 – $9,531
South Carolina SC11$5,823+59%$4,983 – $10,047
Texas TX40$5,768+58%$3,752 – $11,694
Virginia VA27$5,591+53%$3,924 – $5,982
Ohio OH71$4,902+34%$3,171 – $9,251
South Dakota SD10$4,701+29%$1,747 – $4,701
Massachusetts MA11$4,480+23%$2,833 – $4,854
Pennsylvania PA53$4,414+21%$3,227 – $8,641
Florida FL53$4,381+20%$3,044 – $10,805
New Jersey NJ38$4,200+15%$3,652 – $5,419
Alabama AL15$4,080+12%$950 – $5,957
Georgia GA52$3,978+9%$3,067 – $5,569
New York NY61$3,748+3%$1,099 – $5,122
Indiana IN36$3,470−5%$1,390 – $5,606
Illinois IL61$3,458−5%$1,681 – $5,003
Kentucky KY20$3,007−18%$653 – $6,208
Louisiana LA14$2,957−19%$1,014 – $5,706
Washington WA29$2,953−19%$1,094 – $5,756
Oregon OR26$2,830−23%$747 – $3,624
Missouri MO35$2,822−23%$1,261 – $3,861
Minnesota MN57$2,822−23%$1,043 – $3,446
Wisconsin WI73$2,458−33%$1,210 – $3,420
North Carolina NC10$2,442−33%$1,851 – $8,701
Tennessee TN15$2,324−36%$1,025 – $4,508
Oklahoma OK24$2,309−37%$766 – $5,621
Colorado CO23$2,165−41%$1,935 – $5,372
Kansas KS14$2,140−41%$861 – $5,381
Nebraska NE18$1,968−46%$1,221 – $2,847
Michigan MI47$1,945−47%$541 – $11,463
Arizona AZ24$1,684−54%$1,369 – $19,571
West Virginia WV18$1,663−55%$291 – $8,777
Mississippi MS13$1,565−57%$788 – $4,089
Iowa IA26$1,181−68%$1,181 – $1,713
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $3,656.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care969$3,819$1,851 – $6,563
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access194$1,598$761 – $3,964
Ownership
For-profit109$4,500$1,810 – $9,940
Government168$3,007$1,023 – $5,455
Non-profit896$3,675$1,389 – $5,982
System affiliation
Part of a system992$3,769$1,691 – $6,212
Independent184$2,092$851 – $4,500

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,876
Median cash price$3,656
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

814 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,683 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,663; most fall between $1,261 and $6,028.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 814 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
$766$1,684$3,683$5,768$9,531

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($766 vs $9,531).

Of the 863 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 814 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,176 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (30%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,260 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,176
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code1,260

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 Stab Phlebt Varicose Veins 1 Xtr 10-20 Stab Incs.

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, “Varicose vein removal through 10 to 20 tiny cuts, one leg (CPT 37765) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37765-varicose-vein-removal-through-10-to-20-tiny-cuts-one-leg