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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 July 2026.

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

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 5 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 $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,239 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$1,862.09
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 17th 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.