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Procedure price report · Varicose vein stripping, lower limb

Varicose vein removal through over 20 tiny cuts, one leg

CPT 37766the billing code this page is about

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

Hospitals typically charge $3,886 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,030 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,858. Most fall between $1,518 and $6,446 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,030
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 1,030 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
$914$1,955$3,886$5,855$10,153

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($914 vs $10,153).

How the prices are spread

$672 – $898: 42 hospitals$672$898 – $1,201: 51 hospitals$1,201 – $1,606: 76 hospitals$1,201$1,606 – $2,147: 81 hospitals$2,147 – $2,871: 68 hospitals$2,147$2,871 – $3,838: 142 hospitals$3,838 – $5,131: 193 hospitals$3,838$5,131 – $6,860: 129 hospitals$6,860 – $9,172: 71 hospitals$6,860$9,172 – $12,262: 75 hospitals$9,172median $3,886price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (928 of 1,030 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$672$89842
$898$1,20151
$1,201$1,60676
$1,606$2,14781
$2,147$2,87168
$2,871$3,838142
$3,838$5,131193
$5,131$6,860129
$6,860$9,17271
$9,172$12,26275

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,886
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.20×

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 $3,886.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,621 across 25 hospitalsWA$4,621Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 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 $2,978 across 36 hospitalsMN$2,978Illinois: median $3,544 across 53 hospitalsIL$3,544Wisconsin: median $2,145 across 70 hospitalsWI$2,145Michigan: median $1,030 across 32 hospitalsMI$1,030New York: median $4,265 across 55 hospitalsNY$4,265Massachusetts: median $4,786 across 15 hospitalsMA$4,786Oregon: median $2,864 across 19 hospitalsOR$2,864Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,402 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,402Indiana: median $4,249 across 32 hospitalsIN$4,249Ohio: median $5,968 across 71 hospitalsOH$5,968Pennsylvania: median $4,415 across 48 hospitalsPA$4,415New Jersey: median $4,200 across 39 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: 6 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 $7,864 across 61 hospitalsCA$7,864Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,322 across 20 hospitalsCO$2,322Nebraska: median $1,968 across 18 hospitalsNE$1,968Missouri: median $3,006 across 34 hospitalsMO$3,006Kentucky: median $2,791 across 15 hospitalsKY$2,791West Virginia: median $574 across 16 hospitalsWV$574Virginia: median $5,637 across 23 hospitalsVA$5,637Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,064 across 21 hospitalsAZ$2,064New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,350 across 13 hospitalsTN$3,350North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,687 across 24 hospitalsOK$2,687Louisiana: median $2,658 across 14 hospitalsLA$2,658Mississippi: median $1,589 across 11 hospitalsMS$1,589Alabama: median $4,125 across 15 hospitalsAL$4,125Georgia: median $5,130 across 47 hospitalsGA$5,130Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,481 across 38 hospitalsTX$5,481Florida: median $8,903 across 43 hospitalsFL$8,903
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,886. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL43$8,903+129%$1,372 – $11,287
California CA61$7,864+102%$4,041 – $8,361
Ohio OH71$5,968+54%$3,629 – $11,764
Virginia VA23$5,637+45%$4,096 – $5,982
Texas TX38$5,481+41%$4,292 – $11,694
Georgia GA47$5,130+32%$3,955 – $8,570
Massachusetts MA15$4,786+23%$576 – $6,201
Washington WA25$4,621+19%$1,513 – $6,280
Pennsylvania PA48$4,415+14%$1,677 – $7,079
New York NY55$4,265+10%$1,340 – $5,023
Indiana IN32$4,249+9%$1,684 – $6,858
New Jersey NJ39$4,200+8%$3,554 – $5,741
Alabama AL15$4,125+6%$1,918 – $5,957
Illinois IL53$3,544−9%$1,402 – $4,562
Tennessee TN13$3,350−14%$764 – $5,636
Missouri MO34$3,006−23%$1,155 – $5,422
Minnesota MN36$2,978−23%$1,676 – $3,912
Oregon OR19$2,864−26%$886 – $4,224
Kentucky KY15$2,791−28%$751 – $12,638
Oklahoma OK24$2,687−31%$914 – $4,032
Louisiana LA14$2,658−32%$1,036 – $4,289
Colorado CO20$2,322−40%$2,034 – $6,446
Wisconsin WI70$2,145−45%$1,478 – $3,960
Arizona AZ21$2,064−47%$1,724 – $20,792
Nebraska NE18$1,968−49%$1,564 – $3,070
Mississippi MS11$1,589−59%$1,386 – $4,337
Iowa IA21$1,402−64%$1,402 – $1,898
Michigan MI32$1,030−73%$664 – $4,342
West Virginia WV16$574−85%$357 – $3,428
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $3,886.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care873$4,004$1,803 – $7,217
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access145$2,102$902 – $4,343
Ownership
For-profit97$4,555$1,914 – $10,011
Government132$3,325$1,245 – $5,784
Non-profit799$3,912$1,491 – $6,446
System affiliation
Part of a system879$3,960$1,715 – $6,865
Independent151$2,785$1,098 – $5,125

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,446
Median cash price$3,886
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

695 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,985 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,995; most fall between $1,484 and $6,905.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 695 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
$1,030$1,956$3,985$6,022$10,047

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,030 vs $10,047).

Of the 743 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 695 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 24 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,030 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,110 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,030
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code1,110

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 > 20 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 over 20 tiny cuts, one leg (CPT 37766) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37766-varicose-vein-removal-through-over-20-tiny-cuts-one-leg