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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Illinois 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$562 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,089 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $1,202

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
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$213.80
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 20th of 51

$1,445

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.