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Catheter Placed Into The Liver's Main Vein

Rhode Island 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 July 2026.

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

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,230 to $3,981.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in New Jersey than in Wyoming. 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.

Rhode Island· 9th of 49

$3,467

NJ $5,370WY $295

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.