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Catheter Placed Into The Liver's Main Vein

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 36481

Threads a catheter through the skin and into the portal vein, the large vein that carries blood from the intestines into the liver. This gives direct access for measuring the pressure inside that vein, taking blood samples from it, or delivering treatment within it. Imaging is used to guide the needle and catheter into position.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Catheter Placed Into The Liver's Main Vein cost?

$1,626

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$372 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$158 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $85 to $5,012Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,570
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$218.78
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$56,234.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,162.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,818.38
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$218.78
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 13.0 times more in Michigan than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Pennsylvania· 34th of 51

$1,626

$813 physician + $813 facility

MI $7,905DE $608

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.