Surgery and procedures CPT 36475 Outpatient

Vein ablation cost in Seattle, WA

In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for vein ablation, radiofrequency, first vein: from $1,859.20 to $6,974.80, with a median of $2,251.15. The lowest listed price is at Saint Clare Hospital — $391.95 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $4,760.00 at 17 hospitals.

  • The median here, $2,251.15, is 54% below the US median of $4,866.50.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 9 cities for code 36475, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

Lowest$1,859.20Saint Clare Hospital
Median$2,251.15half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,974.80in this market
Difference3.8×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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

median
Lowest $1,859.20Highest $12,898.47

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Saint Clare Hospital lowest Lakewood, WA · (253) 588-1711 HC RFA VEIN EXTREMITY 1ST VEIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,859.20 $6,446.60 $3,684.98–$16,796.78 71%
St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA · (253) 530-2050 HC RFA VEIN EXTREMITY 1ST VEIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,960.42 $6,446.60 $3,684.98–$16,796.78 70%
Highline Medical Center Burien, WA · (206) 431-5237 HC RFA VEIN EXTREMITY 1ST VEIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,962.35 $6,446.60 $2,707.58–$16,415.00 70%
St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA · (253) 944-8100 HC RFA VEIN EXTREMITY 1ST VEIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,982.33 $6,446.60 $3,666.59–$16,796.78 69%
St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA · (253) 627-4101 HC RFA VEIN EXTREMITY 1ST VEIN File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $2,135.10 $6,446.60 $3,567.50–$16,796.78 67%
St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw, WA · (360) 825-2505 HC RFA VEIN EXTREMITY 1ST VEIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $2,367.20 $6,446.60 $1,031.46–$16,415.00 63%
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett, WA · (425) 261-2000 HC VEIN ABLATION RF INITIAL VEIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,995.12 $9,606.00 — 48%
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA · (206) 223-6600 ENDO ABLATION THERAPY PERC RF, FIRST VEIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $5,767.59 $11,309.00 $6,785.40–$9,047.20 49%
Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 326-3000 "HB ENDOVENOUS RF,1ST VEIN" File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $6,958.40 $8,698.00 $3,148.00–$7,006.00 20%
Valley Medical Center Renton, WA · (425) 228-3450 Endoven Abltj Incmptnt Vein Xtr Rf 1st Vein File of Mar 12, 2026 · source file $6,974.80 $9,964.00 — 30%
Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 326-3000 "IVR VENOUS ABLATION RADIOFREQUENCY, 1ST VEIN" File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $7,280.00 $9,100.00 $3,148.00–$7,006.00 20%
Valley Medical Center Renton, WA · (425) 228-3450 Endoven Abltj Incmptnt Vein Xtr Rf 1st Vein File of Mar 12, 2026 · source file $12,898.47 $18,426.38 — 30%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $1,859.20, median $2,251.15, highest $6,974.80 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $2,251.15. 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 8 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 6 it is 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 vein ablation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Vein ablation explained.