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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Arizona 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 5 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$1,288$437 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,239 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,455
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,288

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
$977.24
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$1,413

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.