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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36560

This procedure places a small device called a port entirely under the skin, usually in the chest, connected to a tube that runs into a large vein near the heart. It gives repeated access to the bloodstream for treatments such as chemotherapy or long-term medication without needing a new needle stick into a vein each time. This version is used for patients younger than age five.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5 cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,122$692 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,259 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,042
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alabama· 39th of 51

$1,288

CA $3,981RI $776

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.