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Splenorenal Shunt for High Portal Pressure

Maine rates for HCPCS 37181

Surgery that joins the vein draining the spleen to the vein draining the left kidney, relieving dangerously high pressure in the veins of the digestive system caused by liver disease. Diverting some blood away from those veins lowers the risk of bleeding from swollen veins in the gullet and stomach. It is a major open abdominal operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Splenorenal Shunt for High Portal Pressure cost?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $14,125 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,311$2,630 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,125$11,220 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,125 · 10th to 90th $776 to $14,791Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $14,125professional $3,311

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,011.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Maine· 15th of 51

$3,467

AK $9,333DE $1,514

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.