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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Georgia 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 6 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$525 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,995 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,512
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$602.56
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 16th of 51

$1,549

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.