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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Colorado 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,288$550 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$2,951 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $1,288

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
$1,479.11
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$218.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$1,820

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.