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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Washington, DC 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?

$1,698

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $513 to $5,012.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $490 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,090
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $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
$489.78
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,548.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 11th of 51

$1,698

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.