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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Kansas 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 Kansas, 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 $3,715 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$661 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,950 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$1,949.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$251.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 6th 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.