Typescript pattern - dealing with awaits that can be return void or empty

Question

I'm curious if there is a tidy pattern approach I can use for this common scenario:

I have a function that gets a price from making an api call:

let currentPrice = await getCurrentPrice(prodId)

This getCurrentPrice() function in the ideal case makes the api call as usual and returns a string. Promise<string>.

async function getCurrentPrice(pId: string): Promise<string> {
    axios({ .... })
    .then(res => return res.data.price)
    .catch(err => return "")
}

But in the error case I then need to write more logic at the point I made the call like if currentPrice === "".

This doesn't seem very tidy (mostly returning empty strings) hence wondering if there is a clearer pattern better used.

Thanks.