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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Florida 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$977$389 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,514 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $11,482Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $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
$630.96
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,949.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$11,748.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
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
$147.91
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 31st of 51

$1,349

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.