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Implanted Chest Port Placement, Under Age 5

Kentucky 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$955$427 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,950 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,511Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $955

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
$512.86
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,943.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$1,288

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.