Surgery and procedures CPT 36475 Outpatient

Vein ablation cost in Chattanooga, TN

In Chattanooga, TN-GA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for vein ablation, radiofrequency, first vein: from $3,100.31 to $4,430.51, with a median of $3,100.31. The lowest listed price is at CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia and 1 other hospital. Across Tennessee, the median is $1,917.10 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 36475, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$3,100.31CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia + 1 more
Median$3,100.31half pay less
Highest$4,430.51in this market
Difference1.4×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Chattanooga, TN-GA.

median
Lowest $3,100.31Highest $6,025.64
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia lowest Ringgold, GA · (770) 874-5400 ENDOVEN ABLAT INCOMP 1ST VEIN $3,100.31 $10,474.00 $167.00–$9,652.34 70% Feb 28, 2026
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Memorial Health Care System lowest Hixson, TN ENDOVEN ABLAT INCOMP 1ST VEIN $3,100.31 $10,474.00 $167.00–$9,652.34 70% Feb 28, 2026
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Memorial Health Care System Chattanooga, TN · (423) 495-2525 ENDOVEN ABLAT INCOMP 1ST VEIN $4,430.51 $10,474.00 $167.00–$9,652.34 58% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia both sides Ringgold, GA · (770) 874-5400 BILAT ENDOVEN ABLAT INCP VEIN $4,216.52 $14,245.00 $167.00–$11,538.45 70% Feb 28, 2026
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Memorial Health Care System both sides Hixson, TN BILAT ENDOVEN ABLAT INCP VEIN $4,216.52 $14,245.00 $167.00–$9,971.50 70% Feb 28, 2026
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Memorial Health Care System both sides Chattanooga, TN · (423) 495-2525 BILAT ENDOVEN ABLAT INCP VEIN $6,025.64 $14,245.00 $167.00–$9,971.50 58% Feb 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $3,100.31, median $3,100.31, highest $4,430.51 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $4,216.52, median $4,216.52, highest $6,025.64 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $3,100.31. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

Radiofrequency ablation closes a leaking leg vein with heat, to treat varicose veins.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.