Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
S-PORTAL VEIN CATH
Birmingham, AL
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Affinity Hospital LLC’s median price of $9.2k is 448% above the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 99% of the 1,712 hospitals reporting CPT 36481. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 11 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · case rate · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · case rate · outpatient | $946 | $946 | — | — | — | $946 – $946 |
| 3 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 4 | Aetna aetna all facility · other · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 5 | First Health first health facility · other · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 6 | Optum optum health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
| 7 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11.2k | $11.2k | — | — | — | $11.2k – $11.2k |
| 8 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11.4k | $11.4k | — | — | — | $11.4k – $11.4k |
| 9 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $12.8k | $12.8k | — | — | — | $12.8k – $12.8k |
| 10 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.8k | $12.8k | — | — | — | $12.8k – $12.8k |
| 11 | First Health first health work comp al facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $14.3k | $14.3k | — | — | — | $14.3k – $14.3k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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