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Liver Bypass Channel With Stent (Tips)

Maryland rates for HCPCS 37182

Creates a channel through the liver linking the vein carrying blood from the intestines to a vein leaving the liver, and props that channel open with a stent. A catheter is threaded to the liver through a vein in the neck, so no abdominal incision is needed. It lowers dangerously high pressure in the veins around the gullet and stomach.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Liver Bypass Channel With Stent (Tips) cost?

$1,096

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $7,079.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $617 to $17,783Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $851

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
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$21,877.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Oklahoma than in New York. 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$1,096

OK $7,413NY $871

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.