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
PORTAL VEIN CATH PERC
Northridge, CA
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Dignity Community Care’s median price of $448 is 73% below the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 10% 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, 16 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 commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $124 | $124 | — | — | — | $124 – $124 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $334 | $334 | — | — | — | $334 – $334 |
| 3 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $334 | $334 | — | — | — | $334 – $334 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|blueshield promise fee schedule · outpatient | $349 | $349 | — | — | — | $349 – $349 |
| 5 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 6 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $430 | $430 | — | — | — | $430 – $430 |
| 7 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $430 | $430 | — | — | — | $430 – $430 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $510 | $510 | — | — | — | $510 – $510 |
| 9 | Anthem medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $537 | $537 | — | — | — | $537 – $537 |
| 10 | Anthem medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $537 | $537 | — | — | — | $537 – $537 |
| 11 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $537 | $537 | — | — | — | $537 – $537 |
| 12 | Molina medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $537 | $537 | — | — | — | $537 – $537 |
| 13 | Anthem commercial|vivity case rate · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 15 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 16 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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