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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Arkansas 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$589$457 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,230 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,802Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $589

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
$467.74
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 44th of 51

$1,230

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.