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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 July 2026.

How much does Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5 cost?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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$1,202$490 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,259 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $1,202

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
$645.65
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 35th of 51

$1,318

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.