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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Iowa 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$776 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,995 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $1,479

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
$616.60
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,467.37
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$1,950

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.