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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Delaware 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?

$1,288

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $1,862.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $5,248 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $6,761professional $1,175

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
$5,248.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 36th of 51

$1,288

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.