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
Insertion of tube into portal vein of liver
Bakersfield, CA
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San Joaquin Community Hospital’s median price of $447 is 73% below the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 9% of the 1,667 hospitals reporting CPT 36481. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jul 29, 2026
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