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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 October 2026.

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

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$977$457 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,479 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $4,169Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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· 17th of 51

$1,549

AK $3,020NE $692

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.